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Newspaper
Hammond Wednesday Star
Location
Hammond, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1978
Page
15
A Hammond Daily Star Shopping Guide item lists brief time spans for common events. It cites measurements from science and daily life, including a meteor traversing 40 000 meters, a rifle bullet covering 1 200 feet, a hummingbird wing beating 70 times, and a watch crystal oscillating 32 768 times.
The piece recalls the 1918 Spanish flu that spread from Madrid, killed over 21.6 million globally, and disrupted World War I. contrasts with later influenza scares and notes CDC vigilance for newer strains and potential vaccines.
A Soviet style exam spoof lists multiple disciplines with absurd prompts from history to politics. It features a fictional biology and physics task plus a long block of influenza pandemic history and global spread details, highlighting chaotic exam humor and hoax content circulating among campuses.
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