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A weird phenomenon in Russian history for all the fake kings that they once had. One, in reality, did become a ruler. Glass delusion: Believing oneself to be made of glass was quite in vogue among Renaissance-era European nobility. Gilles de Rais: Friend of Joan of Arc, and convicted serial killer. The Great Cheese Riot
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This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
List of inventors killed by their own invention: Including everyone from Marie Curie to Thomas Midgley Jr. List of largest hourglasses: Wikipedia probably wasted as much time on this pointless list as it takes for one of these to run out. List of lists of lists: A list of all lists of lists -- and yes, it contains itself. List of non-water floods
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B. Free Franklin Post Office & Museum. Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin was named the first postmaster general of the United States when the U.S. Post Office was formed in 1775 and once lived in the ...
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
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