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May 28, 2020 at 23:24 comment added DWKraus The Mongols were besieging a city, and when it didn't look like they could win, they told the people that if they gave the token tribute of one pigeon from each household in the city, the Mongols would break the siege. They then attached burning embers to the birds who in a panic flew home to their roosts and burned the city to the ground.
May 28, 2020 at 20:24 history answered M. A. Golding CC BY-SA 4.0