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Napoleon Bonaparte was once forced to flee a hunting party when thousands of domestic rabbits swarmed and attacked him.

Why it is true

To celebrate a treaty, his chief of staff organized a hunt, but bought tamed rabbits that, instead of fleeing, swarmed toward Napoleon looking for food.

Source: Military Anecdotes

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