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UpTownKong t1_jd8390k wrote

This is awesome, thanks for sharing.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jd83tjv wrote

You're welcome. This has to be one of the first "giant prehistoric monsters attacking a city" stories of the 20th century - King Kong didn't come along until the 1930s.

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UpTownKong t1_jd854vm wrote

King Kong is my favorite movie, so this piece of trivia means a lot to me.

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Xszit t1_jd8scmu wrote

So this even pre-dates the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast that tricked several people into thinking Martians were invading?

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pichael289 t1_jd9pmc1 wrote

The effects of that broadcast are largely exaggerated. Some people were fooled but it didn't cause mass panic like many people think

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