stackyFACTSStrapping 750 kilograms of gold to a stressed elephant was the ultimate 19th-century royal flex. Tourists actually planned entire trips to India around watching a giant mammal lug an armchair made of pure wealth through the streets, essentially inventing the original VIP parade route.
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