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TIL In 2007, John Galvan and two others were serving a life sentence when he saw a MythBusters' episode "Hollywood on Trial." which debunks a cigarette igniting gasoline. In Chicago, 1986, John was forced to sign a false confession, saying that's how the fire started. They were exonerated in 2022.

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jx6j TIL that there are color pictures of Hitler’s 50th birthday.
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