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TIL that one of the pioneers of fire insurance in 1680s was given the baptismal name If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned by his father who was named Fear-God Barebone. If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone went by Nicholas Barbon.

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