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The aftermath of the Kirkby train crash

... that the train driver in the Kirkby train crash (pictured) was found to have been using his mobile phone before the collision?
... that a tour promoting the EP For Your Validation sold out in ten minutes?
... that Gammarelli, the official tailor of the pope, is one of the oldest family-run businesses in Europe?
... that despite being named in college as the best at his position in the U.S., football player Buster Maddox only appeared in one NFL game?
... that the Doctor Who episode "Lux" is set in Miami, Florida, despite being filmed in Penarth, Wales?
... that Jean-Mohammed Abd-el-Jalil, a Moroccan Franciscan friar, was permitted by the Pope to keep "Muhammad" as his baptismal name?
... that Robert Mugabe's motorcade was known for speeding and killing people?
... that Elizabeth Holtzman's opponent ran an ad saying "maybe I'd like to have her as a daughter, but not as a DA" before her election as the first female Brooklyn District Attorney?
... that fighter pilot Morton D. Magoffin made pilots in his group sprint around an airfield for not saluting him?

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Nicușor Dan

Author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi win the International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp: Selected Stories.
Nicușor Dan (pictured) is elected as president of Romania.
In the Portuguese legislative election, the Democratic Alliance wins the most seats in parliament.
Austria, represented by JJ with the song "Wasted Love", wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
A tornado outbreak leaves at least 27 people dead in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States.

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