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    What connects a man called horse who was famous for making his address from a postal round, an occasional island bombed in 1987 due to mistaken identity and a dead horse that spurred a drive to change US law?

    Question #103567. Asked by gmackematix. (Mar 05 09 3:21 PM)


    purrrr

    		Ferdinandia is the island near Malta, bombed by the US thinking it was a Libyan submarine in 1987
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinandea

    Ferdinand was a Kentucky Derby winner sent to Japan for stud. He was reportedly slaughtered there in 2002, prompting the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_(horse)

    Hmmm...Richard Harris, who played the title role in A Man Called Horse was a knight of Malta. Tenuous that connection...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harris_(actor)



    Mar 05 09, 6:23 PM
    gmackematix

    		So, purrrr, that's two Ferds of the way to an answer...

    I'd better add that the first part of the question is little if anything to do with the famous 1970 western.

    Mar 05 09, 8:33 PM
    purrrr

    		Ferdinand Cheval built a huge palace from stones he found on his postal route. The Palais Ideal in Hauterives France.
    http://rojakrendezvous.blogspot.com/2008/11/le-palais-ideal-du-facteur-cheval.html


    Mar 05 09, 9:30 PM

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