For 60 years, the price of cotton was reported daily to the grave of Al McGee of Glenville, Alabama, out of respect for a dying wish. Harihara II, king of Vijayanagar, India, in 1398, had 12,000 wives, but they were not enough. The king fell in love with a girl from a neighboring kingdom merely because he heard she was beautiful. To force her into marriage, he began a war against her country. But his neighbor, Pharaoh Shah Tughlaq, proved far more powerful, and the marrying king lost his kingdom, his fortune, his 12,000 wives, and his life. Believe It or Not!
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