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Somalia's ballsiest queen, she took power from men either figuratively or literally - by ordering much of the gender castrated.…
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When enemies invaded her town while her husband was on lunch break, she grabbed a nearby pestle and saved the day by achieving the high score in soldier whack-a-mole.