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TIL that King of France Louis XIV decreed that French Army cannons be inscribed with the Latin phrase "Ultima Ratio Regum" meaning "The Last Argument of Kings" - as Louis XIV considered war to be an extreme continuation of politics and thus the last argument in a difficult debate.

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