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TIL that upon losing his leg to a cannonball during the Battle of Waterloo, Lord Uxbridge turned to the Duke of Wellington and exclaimed, "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" The Duke of Wellington simply replied "By God, sir, so you have!"

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