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   * A CIA operation in 1982 fed technical misinformation to the KGB leading to a monumental explosion and fire on an oil pipeline ([[Line X]]).   * A CIA operation in 1982 fed technical misinformation to the KGB leading to a monumental explosion and fire on an oil pipeline ([[Line X]]).
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 +  * World War 3 was narrowly averted in September, 1983 when [[wp>Stanislav Petrov]], a Russian colonel, disregarded standing orders by labeling an attack warning as a false alarm, avoiding an accidental retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States.
  
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   * For several hundred years (~ 800AD - 1500AD) the Islamic world was at the forefront of medical knowledge and technology ([[Islamic technology]]).   * For several hundred years (~ 800AD - 1500AD) the Islamic world was at the forefront of medical knowledge and technology ([[Islamic technology]]).
  
 +===== Other =====
 +  * 45% of Americans believe that [[creationism]] and not evolution is responsible for the development of life on earth.
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 +  * 45% of Americans believe that Jesus will probably return during their lifetime and 40% of Americans believe the world will end with a Biblical [[Armageddon]].
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