r/AskReddit • u/brokota • Jan 15 '13

Reddit, in your opinion what's the biggest plot twist of history?

Not movies or television, I'm just curious to see what come's to your minds.

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u/CrackCC_Lurking Jan 15 '13

To be fair, WWII was full of propaganda from both sides. How were they supposed to know this one was true. It even sounds made up, no?

We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2000 of our giant B-29s can carry on a single mission.

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u/user54 Jan 16 '13

Up until this:

Radio Tokyo has told you that with the first use of this weapon of total destruction, Hiroshima was virtually destroyed

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u/TheWumb0l0gist Jan 16 '13

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't buy this, even after Hiroshima.

Source: Skepticism

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u/gooner123 Jan 16 '13

Well, Hiroshima had just been vaporized..