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... that Admiral Eduard von Capelle (pictured) was responsible for writing the legislation that funded the battleships of the German High Seas Fleet before World War I?
... that Cornelia Adair , during World War I , invited Belgian refugees to stay at her Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal , Ireland ?
... that Ervin Marton , an internationally known Hungarian photographer based in Paris , was part of the French Resistance during World War II ?
... that Bulla Felix was a legendary bandit who mocked and eluded Imperial Roman authorities for years, until betrayed by a lover and condemned to the beasts in the arena ?
... that author and anti-globalization advocate Tim Costello started his writing career in the back of his truck while traveling as a long-haul truck driver?
... that King Stephen of England threatened to hang Roger le Poer , his ex-Lord Chancellor , in order to force Roger's mother to surrender the castle she held?
... that Yang Kyoungjong was a Korean soldier who was drafted into the Japanese , Soviet and German armies, and captured by US soldiers in Normandy on D-Day ?