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Word: ins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Kingstree, S. C., Farmer H. R. Morris found a lost cow which had swished its tail around a tree, knotted itself fast, slowly starved to death.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

In Fairfax Courthouse, Va., Norman Malay drove his truck at a moderate speed oh a level road, inexplicably turned a complete somersault.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

In Saginaw, Mich., Marcelino Mareno, explaining how he had shot off the tip of a finger 26 years before, aimed an "unloaded" gun at it, shot off what was left.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

In West Frankfort, Ill., William Darnell, shot in the head 19 years before, sneezed and wheezed the bullet out.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

In Golden, Colo., suicidal Edward Madden climbed a tree, tied a rope to a branch, fastened the other end around his neck, and jumped. The rope broke, Edward Madden staggered away in a daze, died of a fractured skull when his head struck a boulder.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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