Napoleon once killed over a thousand people with a single cough. In 1799, he was in the midst of deciding whether or not to release 1200 Turkish prisoners of war. He was just about to give the order to set them all free, when he coughed. He exclaimed "Ma sacre tough!" (My darned cough!) Which sounded to jis officers like "Massacrez tous!" (Kill them all!) So they did.

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