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In one of Charles XII's (King of Sweden) drunken escapades he forced a bear to drink so much wine that it fell out of the palace window and died. After this incident Charles vowed to quit drinking which he adhered to, with a few small exceptions, for the rest of his life.
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Charles XII, king of Sweden 1697-1718, during a drunken night forced a bear to drink wine leading to it falling through a window of his palace and dying. Charles vowed to never drink strong alcohol again and with a few exceptions kept his vow.
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Sir Francis Dashwood founded the "Hellfire Club" for well-to-do assholes, and was a notorious prankster in his 20's--impersonating Charles XII to seduce Tsarina Anna Ivanovna, and later being expelled from the papal states.
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Charles XII of Sweden is attributed as having invented an octal numeral system, which he considered more suitable for war purposes because all the boxes used for materials such as gunpowder were cubic.
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King Charles XII of Sweden who fought a 3 way war with Russia, Lithuania and Denmark and was known as the "Last of the Vikings". He also helped invent the Octal Numeral System.
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Charles, Duke of Orleans and father of French King Louis XII, spent 25 years of his life in English captivity. During these 25 years, he wrote more than 500 poems.
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In 1702, 300 Swedish soldiers together with the king of Sweden, Charles XII, attacked the Polish city of Kraków with unloaded muskets and canes, and so it was that Charles XII took the great Polish city without firing a shot.
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In 1708-1709, Charles XII of the Swedish Empire invaded Russia during the worst winter of the 18th century, to predictable results.
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Charles XII of Sweden is known as Demirbaş Şarl (Fixed Asset Charles) in Turkey due to his extended stay in the Ottoman Empire
