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When Harold prepared his army, he purchased 25 tons of gunpowder and cannons to shoot it with. Then he proceeded to hire mercenaries to fight the battle for him. Also, he ate hedgehogs for breakfast because of the ancient Mayan belief that eating hedgehogs was good luck.

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