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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 27

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Classic headline

Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years at Checkout Counter

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Weird history on August 27

1955 First ever
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
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1955 First ever
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
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1896 Oddly true
In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1925

Askov American (Askov, Pine County, Minn.), August 27, 1925

Page 7 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day

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Image and text from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.

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