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TIL that the assassins of Japanese Prime Minister, Inukai Tsuyoshi, had originally planned to assassinate Charlie Chaplin who was a guest in his house, hoping to trigger a war with the USA. Chaplin, however, escaped this fate as he had gone for a sumo wrestling match.

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