Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, the ex-Kaiser, was reputed to be worth 100 million dollars. Both the German and the Dutch governments granted him immunity from taxes. Thus, one of the richest men in the world paid no taxes. Tsar Paul I of Russia, known to history as the Mad Tsar, was a man with an uncontrollable temper. In 1799, he was reviewing his bodyguard and became displeased with a button on a soldier's cloak. The emperor's face became livid with rage, and he ordered, about face, march. Without a murmur, 400 men, the pick of the army, set out on a 2,000-mile trek into Siberia and were never heard of again. Believe It or Not!
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