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History's top 12 dads
Tue, Jun 21 2011 at 10:22 PM
History has its share of bad dads. Consider Russian czar Ivan the Terrible, who beat his pregnant daughter until she miscarried. When his son confronted him about it, Ivan struck the younger man's head with a staff, killing him. But this is Father's Day, so we're looking on the bright side. Here's a list of historical dads who did right by their kids. 

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