
History of Everything: The Mad Queen of Madagascar
History of Everything
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The Complex History of the Anti-Imperialist Queen
In an ironic twist of fate for this anti-imperialist queen, a spark ended up igniting an explosion during her funeral that killed thousands. Even after her death, she is still associated with the loss of life because during her funeral, there was a big boom and thousands of people died. So they mourn her because things were, I guess, better for the people who weren't being executed under her reign. Yeah. Again, complex history, kind of what ends up happening.
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