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OddlyTrue News Stand — December 18
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Weird history on December 18
1898 First everGaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 63.159 km/h (39.245 mph) in a Jeantaud electric car.
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1867 Oddly trueIn Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.
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1499 Oddly trueMuslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1937
Glacier County chief (Browning, Mont.), December 3, 1937, (Magazine Section)
Page 7 · mentions "hoax"
“Foxy LUfle Terrier For Tea Towels Terry the Tenter will dry your dishes with the seme punch he diepleye when rolling glasses end hurdling eilver It will make your dishdrying a joy just to see his jolly self on the towels…”
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