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OddlyTrue News Stand — November 22

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Classic headline

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

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

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Weird history on November 22

1718 First ever
Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
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1718 Oddly true
The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.
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1307 Oddly true
Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
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