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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 8

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Classic headline

Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Ax

Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source

Headline 6 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on August 8

1576 Oddly true
The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
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1876 Oddly true
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
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1870 Oddly true
The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1924

Evening star (Washington, D.C.), August 8, 1924

Page 19 · mentions "flirt" · 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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