stackyFACTSEmpress Anna of Russia absolutely loved cruel practical jokes. When a prince displeased her, she literally forced him to sit on a giant nest of real eggs in a freezing room, loudly clucking like a hen for days on end, proving that absolute power mostly just creates absolute sociopaths.
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