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    Is it true, that near the end of his life, Marco Polo was asked to confess that many of his tales were fabricated and his reply was that he had seen things that were so unbelievable he never told of them?

    Question #113058. Asked by unclerick. (Feb 23 10 1:11 AM)


    serpa

    		From USN&WR 7/24/00. In 1324, as Polo lay on his deathbed, a priest beseeched him to retract his "fables." His reply: "I have not told half of what I saw."

    http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/marco.htm

    Feb 23 10, 11:12 AM

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