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TIL During the Second Opium War (1860), French and British troops reached the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. The troops looted everything in sight—including five Pekingese dogs. The dogs were taken back to England and one of the dogs was given to Queen Victoria. She named the dog “Looty"

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