Tshaka, ruler of the Zulus, once ordered one of his finest regiments to march into the sea. Without protest or hesitancy, 2,000 brave warriors marched into the sea and drowned. Marie de' Medici, Queen of France, 1573 to 1642, wore the most expensive and heaviest dress of all time. It was embroidered with 39,000 oriental pearls, 3,000 diamonds, and weighed 50 pounds. Each of the lilies on the dress was a large pear-shaped pearl. The dress cost 19 million dollars and she wore it only once, on September 14th, 1606, at the baptism of her son. Believe It or Not!
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