Why does firefox many times opens last browsed page when started (I have set 'show a blank page' and 'about blank' in General settings)

I have made the following settings in general tab of firefox in settings
When firefox starts - Show a blank page
Home page - About blank
Inspite of the above settings, when I start firefox, it many times opens the page I was browsing before I had closed firefox previous time. Please help me with this.

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