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OddlyTrue News Stand — September 16
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Weird history on September 16
1979 Oddly trueEight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
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- 1979 Oddly true
Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
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681 Oddly truePope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated at the Third Council of Constantinople, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.
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Vintage clipping · 1902
The evening times (Washington, D.C.), March 31, 1902
Page 3 · mentions "bicycle horse"
“ARE YOU POSTED ON RULES OF THE ROADr New Police Regulations for Street Traffic RATES OF SPEED AND CHARGE Occupancy and Care of Public Vehicle Stands Provided for by Committee on Revision of Existing PlansItems of Interes…”
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