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Did You Know...

... that the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) was led by a man who believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in human history?
... that during the Nigerian Civil War in 1967, both opposing sides declared a 48-hour ceasefire just to watch football legend Pelé play an exhibition match in Lagos?
... that the first major battle of the American Civil War took place on the property of Wilmer McLean, who moved away to escape the fighting—only to have General Lee surrender in his new living room four years later?
... that the term "Fifth Column" originated during the Spanish Civil War when General Emilio Mola claimed four military columns were attacking Madrid while a secret fifth column was waiting inside the city?
... that the Wars of the Roses, a series of 15th-century English civil wars between the Houses of Lancaster and York, served as the primary historical inspiration for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire?

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