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Perpetual_Doubt t1_j6oojeb wrote

Reply to comment by TLDReddit73 in TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II. by sciencedit

Little did they know that the true magic ritual to cause US military supplies to be dropped on the island was to sink the USS Arizona

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