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Title: 10 Ways World War I Affects Us Today
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URL Source: http://listverse.com/2016/08/14/10- ... -world-war-i-affects-us-today/
Published: Aug 17, 2016
Author: E. M. Caris
Post Date: 2016-08-17 09:36:09 by Ada
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Views: 187
Comments: 5

We tend to think of history as a collection of abstract facts that have no bearing on the “real world,” but everything connects across the timeline. Big, world-changing events don’t just change things when they happen; they send out shock waves that reverberate into the present. Like William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

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#2. To: Ada (#0)

That is some pretty interesting stuff in the URL article.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-08-17   23:15:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#3. To: Fred Mertz (#2)

That is some pretty interesting stuff in the URL article.

To me the most interesting was the fact that passports were almost unheard of until WW1.

Ada  posted on  2016-08-18 09:40:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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