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The Mystery of Queen Emma's Firewalk
There's no record of the ordeal of Queen Emma until 200 years after her death. So how might one, Emma or not, manage to successfully traverse the flames? I guess that might not seem like a question worth asking. But let's just pretend, for my own convenience, that Emma did walk uninjured over the trial by fire. Because even though she probably didn't, plenty of other less famous people did.
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