A true story so 'done' that the world must inscribe

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A true story so 'done' that the world must inscribe

1.The world's shortest reigning king (20 minutes):

In 1830, in the midst of a revolution in France, King Charles X abdicated to allow his son, Louis XIV, to reign instead, but only for 20 minutes, after which Louis XIV was pressured to abdicate as well, the shortest period of kingship in history (shorter than some lunches).

Reference Source: Guinness World Records - Shortest Reign

2. Soldiers who carried "swords and bows" to fight in World War II:

In an age when the world was fighting with machine guns and tanks, "Mad Jack" Churchill, a British officer, carried a Scottish sword and a long bow down the battlefield. He was the only soldier in World War II who killed an enemy with a bow and jumped to the Normandy coast with a single sword and fearlessly blew a bagpipe among the bullets.

Reference Source: The National WWII Museum - "Mad Jack" Churchill

3. The Pirate Queen, who is superior to all male pirates:

Cheng I Sao, a former hooker who became a pirate chief in the South China Sea. She controlled a gigantic fleet of over 1,800 ships and had over 80,000 pirates in Ovat! She was so tough that the Chinese, Portuguese and British navies combined hands still couldn't subdue. Finally, the Chinese government had to make an appointment to negotiate a truce and allow her to legally retire with huge assets.

Reference Source: World History Encyclopedia - Ching Shih

4. The loudest sound the world has ever recorded (Krakatoa):

When the Kraka volcano exploded in 1883, it produced so loud a sound that people on an island more than 4,800 kilometers away could still hear it as clearly as gunfire. The compression of the air from this sound traveled four times around the world and immediately tore the eardrum of a sailor 64 kilometers away, it was the most powerful sound ever touched by humans.

Reference Source: The Atlantic - The Sound So Loud It Circled the Earth Four Times

5. The man who is a "lightning rod" in human form (Roy Sullivan):

Roy Sullivan, an American park ranger, has a world record that no one wants to follow: he was "struck by lightning" seven times at different times and survived every time! Despite losing eyebrows, burning hair, or melting shoes, he became the person he was afraid to walk with on a rainy day (he also carried a bucket of water with him to put out a fire in his head).

Reference Source: Guinness World Records - Most lightning strikes survive

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