Tsar Nicholas I of Russia was so moved by a poem read to him by its author, Alexander Polezhayev, he began to cry. But in the next moment, the Tsar coldly sentenced the poet to life imprisonment on a charge of treason. A cabinet meeting among the Toubou tribe in the African territory of Chad is anything but quiet and dignified, particularly when it's time to inaugurate a new chieftain. At this important and ceremonial event, the cabinet officers gather around the chief elect and beat the man with clubs for a solid hour. If he endures the savage clubbing in stoic silence, he's considered by the cabinet to be worthy of the office. Believe It or Not!
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