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This phony Asian royalty fooled rural England for some time - but the truth she was hiding was far darker.
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Rose from dire poverty and violence to become the greatest black entertainer of all time - Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie all rolled into one.
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Jackie Mitchell
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Chiyome Mochizuki
Recruited widows, orphans, and prostitutes into an all-woman ninja spy group, the largest in Asia at the time.
Julie d'Aubigny
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Mahendradatta
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Yoshiko Kawashima
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Ching Shih
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Zenobia
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