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6EA7l TIL a man in England accidentally blew up his parents’ house after he knocked on a stove’s control, which burned a clothes basket, which then lit a grocery bag on fire and caused an aerosol can of deodorant to explode, resulting in £20,000 ($26,182) in damages.
EgnXV TIL that despite being fluent in several languages, Kit Carson was illiterate
jNELN TIL That A Colorado Sheriff Served Time In A Jail Named After Him (Meth For Sex)
epk04 TIL about Jean Meslier, a French Catholic priest who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism.
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