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* [[wikipedia:Gilles de rais|Gilles de Rais]] was one of [[Joan of Arc]]'s companions, an [[Rated "M" for Manly|all-around man's man]], and a succesful soldier. That's the [[Theme Park Version]] anyway, the fact that he was also a serial rapist and killer of ''children'' tends not to be mentioned in kid's history books. [[Darker and Edgier|For older readers, however...]]

* The history books often leave out the fact that some African tribes profitted from the slave trade by capturing and selling rival tribes.

 

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