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The two-headed chicken that sparked panic in Rome
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You’d think Renaissance politicians would base their decisions on actual military intelligence. But in 1527, Italian officials panicked over a chicken born with four legs and two heads, interpreting it as an apocalyptic warning. The sheer panic over this freakish poultry forced city officials into frantic, paranoid damage control right before the brutal Sack of Rome.
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