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Classic headlineMilk Drinkers Are Turning to Powder
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OddlyTrue News Stand — March 9
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1916 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on March 9
1009 First everThe first recorded use of the name of Lithuania appeared in Latin in the Annals of Quedlinburg, written in Saxony-Anhalt, present-day Germany.
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1997 Oddly trueComet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
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1862 First everAmerican Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.
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Vintage clipping
![The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), July 30, 1916, (SUNDAY EVENING EDITION)](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ndnp:dlc:batch_dlc_frontier_ver01:data:sn84026749:00280764346:1916073001:0527/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=848&w=647)
Vintage clipping · 1916
The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), July 30, 1916, (SUNDAY EVENING EDITION)
Page 14 · mentions "monster"
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