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PurpEL t1_ivs67t4 wrote

Imagine the shitshow that would have caused if crashed it. Conspiracies forever

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bombayblue t1_ivu79wt wrote

The Soviets actually had their entire naval command die in a plane crash around the same time. There were so many wild conspiracy theories even the CIA thought there was going to be a coup.

Nope turns out the admirals loaded up an airplane with too much furniture for their wives and mistresses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Pushkin_Tu-104_crash

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ash_274 t1_ivvu3pa wrote

Might have been the improperly stored giant rolls of paper that broke loose and shifted to the back on takeoff, but the loading of the plane was mostly goods the admirals were bringing back home from foreign trade

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armylax20 t1_ivtmk97 wrote

I was listening to startalk radio with guest Michael Shermer about conspiracy theories, and he made the great point that conspiracy theories only catch on when they are “successful”, and brought up how Reagan’s failed assassination attempt didn’t garner any, but you can be sure if he died they would run wild. >50% of people don’t think Oswald acted alone, but theories about Reagan’s attempt aren’t popular at all. Something about the proportionality of the event, and our refusal to accept that one person can do something to cause such drastic change.

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Test_subject_515 t1_ivu6q19 wrote

Gravillo Princip was only a 19yo kid and his act of assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused WW1 to happen. One person can cause everything to change forever.

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TheLucidDream t1_ivuev4c wrote

Ehhh….. that was a pretext. Everyone was already itching for a fight before then.

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