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TIL in 1896 a temporary, one-day city was named in Texas called Crush, where two locomotives were to be smashed head-on for purposes of spectacle. It was, for a few hours, the 2nd largest city in TX with 40k attendees. The collision caused engine boilers to explode, resulting in death and injuries.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush,_Texas

you could just do shit back then

texas is still like this

The crash happened on September 15 1896, which was a Tuesday!

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Holy shit man I’ve never seen that many people die in that many different ways at once outside of a war, accident or natural disaster.

The rare and terrifying opposite of an Accident: a full-scale On Purpose

Hey, don’t forget that the town was called Crush after William Crush, who organised the Crash.

Celebrating CrushCrashness today

for the rest of us, this was an extremely bizarre event

for Texas, it was Tuesday.

The 15th.