The Spur of the Moment Land Deal that Created an Empire

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http://www.cracked.com/article_17298...ern-world.html

This is the actual link to the article - 6 Random Coincidences That Created The Modern World. Someone tell me if this is against the rules or something...

Anyway, I had my sammich.

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