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Monks opened his tomb and swore a dragon came out of it. Charles Martel Cut the royal kitchen to two peacocks and a deer. Ashoka His bones came home to Sparta forty years afterwards. Leonidas Spent his boyhood as an Ottoman hostage for his father. Vlad the Impaler A Roman historian called him a bandit of low birth. Arsaces I At fifteen he inherited, then killed off every rival king. Clovis I His heir was knouted twice and died in the fortress. Peter the Great She waited on sixty-five inoculated children at dinner. Maria Theresa He chaired the council on orthodoxy while unbaptised. Constantine the Great Friends took the razors away when he broke his engagement. Abraham Lincoln He consolidated the party with study groups and confessions. Mao Zedong His dining table sank through the floor so he ate alone. Ludwig II of Bavaria Two monks brought silkworm eggs home inside bamboo canes. Justinian I Signed the warrant for her cousin. Then punished the messenger. Elizabeth I The crowd at his lying in state crushed people to death. Joseph Stalin Hid her husband's heretics inside her husband's own palace. Theodora Monks opened his tomb and swore a dragon came out of it. Charles Martel Cut the royal kitchen to two peacocks and a deer. Ashoka His bones came home to Sparta forty years afterwards. Leonidas Spent his boyhood as an Ottoman hostage for his father. Vlad the Impaler A Roman historian called him a bandit of low birth. Arsaces I At fifteen he inherited, then killed off every rival king. Clovis I His heir was knouted twice and died in the fortress. Peter the Great She waited on sixty-five inoculated children at dinner. Maria Theresa He chaired the council on orthodoxy while unbaptised. Constantine the Great Friends took the razors away when he broke his engagement. Abraham Lincoln He consolidated the party with study groups and confessions. Mao Zedong His dining table sank through the floor so he ate alone. Ludwig II of Bavaria Two monks brought silkworm eggs home inside bamboo canes. Justinian I Signed the warrant for her cousin. Then punished the messenger. Elizabeth I The crowd at his lying in state crushed people to death. Joseph Stalin Hid her husband's heretics inside her husband's own palace. Theodora Wrote against torture, then made serfdom stronger. Catherine the Great His will asked that his house be torn down. It still stands. Lee Kuan Yew Treasury books show Columbus was paid only after he sailed. Isabella I of Castile Of some fifty inscriptions he left, only one mentions a war. Nebuchadnezzar II Later king lists skip him. They called him the criminal. Akhenaten Offered the crown, he thought for eleven weeks and refused. Oliver Cromwell Fixed the width between cart axles for a whole empire. Qin Shi Huang A princess sent her ring. He asked Rome for half the West. Attila His own guard killed him, then made his uncle emperor. Caligula A first buyer sent him back over a white spot in one eye. Baibars He took the throne at twelve, his mother ruling for him. Kinich Janaab Pakal A sanctuary cut so the sun lights it twice each year. Ramses II His organs were buried in Hungary, his body in Istanbul. Suleiman the Magnificent A Greek historian wrote he closed every temple in Egypt. Khufu One verse hands the killing of Goliath to another man. David He was careful never to be seen in his wheelchair in public. Franklin Roosevelt Wrote against torture, then made serfdom stronger. Catherine the Great His will asked that his house be torn down. It still stands. Lee Kuan Yew Treasury books show Columbus was paid only after he sailed. Isabella I of Castile Of some fifty inscriptions he left, only one mentions a war. Nebuchadnezzar II Later king lists skip him. They called him the criminal. Akhenaten Offered the crown, he thought for eleven weeks and refused. Oliver Cromwell Fixed the width between cart axles for a whole empire. Qin Shi Huang A princess sent her ring. He asked Rome for half the West. Attila His own guard killed him, then made his uncle emperor. Caligula A first buyer sent him back over a white spot in one eye. Baibars He took the throne at twelve, his mother ruling for him. Kinich Janaab Pakal A sanctuary cut so the sun lights it twice each year. Ramses II His organs were buried in Hungary, his body in Istanbul. Suleiman the Magnificent A Greek historian wrote he closed every temple in Egypt. Khufu One verse hands the killing of Goliath to another man. David He was careful never to be seen in his wheelchair in public. Franklin Roosevelt Looking for someone?
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