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Ksradrik t1_jduu786 wrote

Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

> WW2 not only got Americans to experience European culture

Wat? But thats literally where most Americans came from.

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bungle123 t1_jduw76h wrote

It got them to experience contemporary European culture, and culture from European countries other than where their ancestors came from.

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LeafsWinBeforeIDie t1_jdwuezl wrote

Don't forget it was mostly poor, weirdos, outcasts, and the weirdly religious that escaped or were rejected by the normalcy of Europe and came to north America so for their ancestors European culture was as foreign as anywhere else.

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