Eccentric Aristocrats
The idle rich with too much time and money produced some of history's most magnificent oddities.
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The Duke Who Lived Underground With 15 Miles of Tunnels
The Duke of Portland had five bedrooms but refused to let anyone sleep in them.
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The Aristocrat Who Hosted Dinner Parties For Her Dogs
The Marquise let her dogs sit at dinner while human guests stood.
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The Lord Who Held a Funeral for His Pet Wasp
He kept two million fleas, buried a beloved wasp, and drove zebras to Buckingham Palace.
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The Duchess Who Lived With 26 Dogs in Her Hair
She wore a towering wig to house her pets and refused all guests before 4pm.
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The Earl Who Was Buried Standing Up
"No man shall look down upon me" — so he was buried upright, above his rivals.
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A Genius Astronomer with a Brass Nose, a Clairvoyant Dwarf, a Drunk Moose, No Telescope and a Weak Bladder!
A genius with a brass nose, an alcoholic moose, and a clairvoyant dwarf - and no telescope.
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The Tree That Owns Itself
A white oak in Athens, Georgia legally owns itself and the land around it.
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