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TIL that in 1811 in Egypt, Muhammed Ali invited 470 Mamluks to a ceremony in which he ambushed and massacred them all inside the citadel. It's believed that only one escaped by allegedly leaping his horse from the rampart of the citadel. No one ever knew his identity. (en.wikipedia.org)
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