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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a fair point, they may be more surprised that either example lasted that long.

And yeah, like I said above, the entire concept of World War II would blow their minds, let alone the redrawing of maps worldwide afterwards.