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TIL of Serial Arsonist John Leonard Orr - who was also a former fighter and arson investigator who started over 2000 fires over 30 years in California leading to multiple deaths.

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AD4x7 TIL there was a trend of headless photography in 19th century Britain ("Victorian Headless Portraits"). The models usually had their heads in a platter, or were holding them in their hands. This was made by taking multiple photos and combining the negatives - kinda like the early days' Photoshop.
l7J6N TIL McDonald's closed in Iceland, but the last burger and fries still linger on and are now in a glass encased shrine in a guest house in South Iceland. Twelve plus years later, neither appear to have decayed one bit.
5Y0ok TIL that there is an island (Pheasant Island) between the border of France and Spain that, every 6 months, it changes from one government to another, during the change, there is also a ceremony on the island. However access is prohibited.
loJXG TIL that actor Ed Helms who plays Stu in the Hangover movies, had a tooth implant from when he was 15, which he removed while shooting for the first Hangover where his character has a tooth missing for most of the film.
neY6Y TIL that gunpowder was discovered by the Chinese monks trying to make an elixir of life. Gunpowder: Origins in the East