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TIL about Garibaldi, an Italian general who led 1,000 volunteers in the unification of Italy, outnumbered 90 to 1 and commanding just a few stolen tugboats, he managed to land in Sicily, incite the people there to revolt and ultimately destroyed the state of Two Sicilies in less than 2 years.

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