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think of the poor middle schoolers 70 years from now trying to remember arbitrary dates from flashcards man
ig it’s hard when you can’t just yoink the location as a title (“the US capital incident” doesn’t hit the same as “hiroshima” or “pearl harbor” or “tiananmen square”)
i wonder how much time passed before ppl decided to give up and settle for “the war of 1812”
for some reason 9/11 is exempt in my mind and gets a free pass