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TIL In 1977, a fire started on a farm in East Turkestan when a 12-year-old in the audience set off a firecracker, which ignited mourning wreaths to the recently deceased Mao Zedong. 694 people were killed, making it the deadliest fire since the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

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