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TIL Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg was stolen by the 4th Illinois Infantry & now on display at the Illinois State Military Museum. Later his peg leg was stolen and reportedly used as a bat. Mexico has requested the leg’s return, but the museum refuses.

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