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Looks like you have some time on your hands (remember to wash them). Short true stories, picked at random. We know nothing of you, so maybe something completely different.

Pick a first line

In 1919, a wave of molasses moving at about 35 mph swept through a Boston neighborhood.
Before the late 16th century, most carrots were purple, white or yellow.
A con artist once sold a Paris scrap dealer the rights to demolish the Eiffel Tower.

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