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The history of the match - from the discovery of phosphorous to the founding of the Diamond Match Company.

A boy playing with matches started a Southern California wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

A History of the World - Object : John Walker's first friction match revolutionised the production, application and the portability of fire.

Learn about the history of chemical or friction matches.

The MythBusters tested myths from YouTube videos including rolling a huge lego ball downhill, tires catching fire from a burnout, creating homemade speakers, and lighting 1 million match heads.