TIL a man was executed for starting the Great Fire of London after he claimed he threw a fire-bomb through a bakery window. This was despite the fact that he was heavily crippled, the bakery had no windows, and it was proven at his trial that he was not even in the country at the time.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/01/the_odd_body_confessing_sam



Submitted March 25, 2015 at 05:38AM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3071mm/til_a_man_was_executed_for_starting_the_great/