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    Alexander Graham Bell was one of the founders of the National Geographic Magazine. His uncle was actually the president of the society.

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An explosion of TNT occurred at an ammunitions factory in Silvertown, England

On the 19th January, 1917, a fire at an ammunitions factory in Silvertown, England, caused an explosion of 50 tonnes of TNT.

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