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Sidney Lanier Bridge after its 1972 collapse

... that the 1972 collapse of the Sidney Lanier Bridge (pictured), which was caused by a collision with a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?
... that Christian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
... that the second edition of An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic more than doubled the length of the original text?
... that Wolseley Haig noted that it was not the "city's huge mosque" but the "far less pretentious" Jama Masjid that served as the congregational mosque in Hyderabad?
... that the violent end of a bog body might be related to the cult of the Celtic god Esus?
... that the three costliest tornadoes in Oklahoma's history hit the same town in 2013, in 1999 and in 2003?
... that a TV station in Windsor, Ontario, was spared from closure even though it lost money for ten consecutive years?
... that the leaves of the herb spiked savory, although protected under Israeli law, are foraged by local people to make a spice mix?
... that the earliest black holes in fiction appeared decades before the term black hole was coined?