The church of Saint Nicholas in Blois, France was built in the village of Foy, whose inhabitants had been slaves from birth. They were freed forever as a reward for constructing the church. When Napoleon was a little boy, he was fascinated by the book "A History of Venice". Years passed, and then one day in 1798, the fate of Venice lay in Napoleon's hands. He inquired for the "Golden Galley", the ornate state barge from which the espousal of the sea took place for many centuries. Burn it, he decreed. As the flames began to lick the "Golden Galley", a stream of molten gold flowed from the pyre. The galley had been truly named. It yielded half a million dollars worth of pure gold. Believe It or Not!
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