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• The Worst American Poet Julia Moore, "the Sweet Singer of Michigan" (1847-1920) was so bad that Mark Twain said her first book gave him joy for 20 years.
  Her verse was mainly concerned with violent death -- the great fire of Chicago and the yellow fever epidemic proved natural subjects for her pen....
• Failed Attempts To Break Records In September 1978 Mr.
  Terry Gripton, of Stafford, failed to break the world shouting record by two and a half decibels....
• THE WORST HOMING PIGEON This historic bird was released in Pembrokeshire in June 1953 and was expected to reach its base that evening.
  It was returned by post, dead, in a cardboard box eleven years later from Brazil....
• The Most Unsuccessful Version Of The Bible The most exciting version of the Bible was printed in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the King's printers at London.
  It contained several mistakes, but one was inspired -- the word "not" was omitted from the Seventh Commandment and enjoined its readers, on the highest authority, to commit adultery....
• The Worst Car Hire Service When David Schwartz left university in 1972, he set up Rent-a-wreck as a joke.
  Being a natural prankster, he acquired a fleet of beat-up shabby, wreckages waiting for the scrap heap in California....
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• The Least Successful Police Dogs America has a very strong candidate in "La Dur", a fearsome looking schnauzer hound, who was retired from the Orlando police force in Florida in 1978.
  He consistently refused to do anything which might ruffle or offend the criminal classes....