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

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[โ€“] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Most international experts consider the outbreak of a third world war unlikely in spite of global surges of violence

Not mundane, but the implications would be horrifying to 1923 society still recovering from "The Great War".

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And funny enough, still misleading about how soon the next one is. Nukes really changed the game (for better or worse) and they don't have them yet.