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TIL Picasso burned most of his early work to keep his apartment warm because he was poor.

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vP6NL TIL an 800 sq ft (74 sq m) trailer home in a trailer park in Montauk, New York sold for $3.75 million. This modest mobile-home park, Montauk Shores, once a working-class getaway, is becoming increasingly popular with billionaires and celebrities. Musician Jimmy Buffett recently bid on a trailer.
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nW7JW TIL about 100 firefighters are convicted of arson in the United States each year
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