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  "textContent": "The Connecticut village of Moodus lies over a seismic fault that produces shallow microearthquakes that cause weird booms, rumbles, and cracks. The Algonquian peoples named the area  _Matchitmoodus._ (\"the place of noises\")\n\nThe biggest Moodus Noise on record was an intensity-7 earthquake on May 16, 1791. — Read the rest \n\nThe post H.P. Lovecraft borrowed from this real Connecticut seismic phenomenon appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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