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TIL over 100 firefighters are arrested for arson per year in the US

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b9bQa TIL that Bob Marley was buried with his Gibson "Les Paul" guitar, a soccer ball, a marijuana bud, a ring that had been given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia, and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
8Vm8 TIL a child that was Bart’s age when The Simpson’s first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.
KwEB TIL the Seattle Space Needle’s center of gravity is 5 feet above ground level and it can stand Category 5 hurricane-force winds
b6ngj TIL there is a Star Wars Christmas album from 1980, and it featured the first professional recording of Jon Bon Jovi on the song “R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
E1gYd TIL Many appliances have a ‘Sabbath Mode’ to allow them to be used by Shabbat-observant Jews on the Shabbat and Jewish holidays.