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Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of domestic rabbits.

Why it is true

To celebrate the Treaties of Tilsit, his chief of staff organized a hunt. Instead of wild hares, they bought domestic rabbits which, upon seeing the emperor, ran toward him looking for food instead of fleeing.

Source: Smithsonian

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