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• [Monarch fact 1]  For one day in 1940, a section of a hospital in Ottawa, Canada became international territory so a Dutch Princess (Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) could be born a full Dutch citizen (a requirement to be a Dutch Princess). Every year the Netherlands sends Canada a gift of tulips to show their gratitude.

  History, Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 2]  On 12th September 2001, the day after 9/11, The Queen ordered her Royal Guards to break protocol and play the USA's National Anthem for stranded Americans in London

  Disaster, Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 3]  Prince Charles inherits the possessions of anyone who dies in Cornwall without a will or next of kin, a power that in some years has yielded hundreds of thousands of pounds. He funnels the money into charities after deducting his costs.

  Death, Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 4]  Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) was known as and is still called The King of Rabbits because he mispronounced the Dutch phrase "I am your king" and instead said, "I am your rabbit" when he took over the Netherlands in 1806.

  Animals, Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 5]  When emperor Caracalla visited Alexandria, he was greeted with satires of him and other insults. He responded by massacring the city's citizens and pillaging it afterward.

  Monarch, Travel source

• [Monarch fact 6]  Even the legendary Alexander the Great had an encounter with a UFO. In 329 BC, as Alexander and his army were crossing a river, some silver shields encircled with fire began diving at his men and scaring their war elephants. The war party had to wait until morning arrived before they could cross safely without interference.

  Monarch, Mystery source

• [Monarch fact 7]  The famous Hawaiian song "Aloha 'Oe" was written by the last Queen of Hawai'i, Liliuokalani, who transcribed it while imprisoned after a coup that ultimately led to Hawaii's annexation into the U.S.

  Monarch, Music source

• [Monarch fact 8]  The name of the last Inca king was Tupac.

  Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 9]  There was a Polish King Augustus II nicknamed “The Strong” because he could break horseshoes with his bare hands and loved fox tossing, a sport where you throw foxes with a sling. One of these events had 1235 foxes, hares, badgers, and wildcats. He had several mistresses and fathered as many as 382 children.

  Monarch source

• [Monarch fact 10]  "Water" was the last words of Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia when she suffered a stroke.

  Death, Monarch source

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