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TIL of the Cavan Orphanage Fire in which 35 children died because the nuns wouldn't let firemen in the building due to the children's "state of undress"

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eA66 TIL Marie Antoinette’s last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it”, to her executioner, whose foot she had accidentally stepped on after climbing the scaffold to the guillotine. Also, her body was thrown into an unmarked grave.
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