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Monday - British Fact of the day...
It is a superstition in the British army not to light 3 cigarettes
off the same match. This dates from the Boer War (1899 - 1902) when
the flame gave an enemy sniper time to sight his rifle, and the
soldier lighting the 3rd cigarette was invariably shot.
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