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TIL over 100 Firefighters a year are arrested for arson.

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VMZVm TIL Eric Clapton had to identify Stevie Ray Vaughan's body at the morgue after his fatal helicopter crash.
xXA5 TIL Sir John Smith, who founded Jamestown, was knighted by a prince of Transylvania, for beheading three Turkish commanders in 3 separate duels. He later captured as a slave, and given by a Turkish nobleman to his mistress, the woman subsequently fell in love with Smith and He escaped 2 years later.
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