TIL After the British set fire to Washington D.C. during the War Of 1812, a tornado appeared out of nowhere and put out the fire saving Washington D.C.

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Demderdemden: A hurricane. It was the rain that put out the fire, and the hurricane would have hit regardless since hurricanes don’t just come out of nowhere

Canuck314159: The man who burned the White House down: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ross_(British_Army_officer)

Buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

chewodd: ….and this is why we fear tornadoes; just look at the damage it caused by saving D.C.

Shippoyasha: Our own little Kamikaze

kyjoca: Divine providence!

AlexBirdman: God bless America!

Going2getBanned: His name was Andrew Jackson.

cjmook21: This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

BXRWXR: In God We Trust

sapientiascientiae: Considering that they were burning the city to the ground, essentially, it seems unlikely that they were there to occupy rather than merely to destroy. I’d call it a Canadian victory.

shartifartbIast: This sounds like the plot of an episode of Dr. Who

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the-jed: Did you watch a show today with a lady who has a table made out of burned pieces of the Whitehouse? If not, then the world creeps me out way too much.

Spiron123: Sabotaging the act of the master sabotagers!

heretosaysomestuff: I know the guy who runs this blog, I believe he is a PhD canidate.

Aryan180: How tf was there a tornado in DC? I’ve never heard of a tornado happening on the east coast.

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