he was known for throwing elaborate parties, known as "freak dinners"-perhaps most notably the "Gondola Party" he hosted in 1905 at the Savoy Hotel in London, where he filled the hotel's courtyard with water, dressed everyone in Venetian garb, and served dinner to guests aboard a giant gondola. Lest this be deemed insufficient, he arranged to have a birthday cake-five feet tall-brought in on the back of a baby elephant.
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