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Shortage of Marriage Licenses (Footnote to History)

Published on July 23, 2021

Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

It was reported in 1946 that there was a shortage of marriage license blanks in Hagerstown. Maryland due, in part, to men returning from the war.

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Surgeons Take Table Fork From Girl’s Stomach (Footnote to History)

Published on July 14, 2021

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

It seems nearly impossible but a girl in 1933 swallowed a full-size table fork. Surgery would be needed...

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Helps Indict Himself (Footnote to History)

Published on July 13, 2021

Posted in: Footnotes to History, Law & Order, Tidbits

On January 24, 1914, James Severn had to sit on a grand jury and deliberate over his own indictment. Is that really legal?

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Ford Car Mysteriously Receives Telegraph Signals (Footnote to History)

Published on July 10, 2021

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

In 1928, a Ford car was reported to have received telegraph signals. The engine of the car was off.

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