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TIL of the Wallstreet bombing of 1920 that killed more than 30 people and injuring more than 300. A driver stopped the animal and it's load near the U.S Assay Office in the heart of Wallstreet and disappeared into the crowd. Within Minutes exploded into a hail of metal fragments and remains unsolved

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