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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

BIZARRE: Why is bonfire night celebrated how guy fawkes gunpowder plot backfired - What They Never Told You

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“Remember, remember, the fifth of November,

“Gunpowder, treason and plot!

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