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    In the late 1800s, women used to dry their hair by attaching a hose to the back of a vacuum cleaner!

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The Shamia ferry boat sank, killing 600 people

On the 25th May, 1986, the Shamia ferry boat sank on the Maghna River in Bangladesh, killing 600 people.

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