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Barbara J Starmans
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10 Examples of Fake News from History
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Fraud, Murder and the Burial Club
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Crowds Flock to Sunnyside Beach in 1922
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Cyclone in the Indian Ocean
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Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue
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Female Emigration to Australia 1833-1837
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Ty Newydd Colliery Flood of 1877
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Escaped from the Hulks
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300 years ago in England
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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