Four Oklahoma Teens Risk Their Lives In Heroic Housefire Rescue

Turning a Corner

As Ritchie left her bathroom to walk into her bedroom, she noticed that the head of her bed had burst into flames. Staying calm, Ritchie tried to put out the small fire by beating it with a pillow, and when that didn’t work she tried to stifle it with a blanket. This turned out to be the wrong decision…

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The More You Know

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  • Mattel once tried to sue Aqua over their song "Barbie Girl". The judge literally told them to "chill".
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
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