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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 18 Nov 2015

    Trying to avoid repeating bad things we did in the past is a good idea, historians say. http://onion.com/1MSwNQZ pic.twitter.com/2Xavf4hoLZ

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      1. RobRobRobinAlong‏ @Robincha 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion But I would guess that polls show 60% of Americans don't believe in history.

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      2. Benjamin Wilkins‏ @BenjaminWilkins 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @civilwarbore @fergiesbreeze Is this a legit consensus around the office? lol

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      3. Ferg‏ @fergiesbreeze 19 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BenjaminWilkins

        @BenjaminWilkins This is awesome! I especially like the part about the timeline LOL

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      1. clickbait catholic ✝‏ @dugget 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion people who think that U.S. and coalition forces should be fighting Daesh should read this. and get a lobotomy or s/t idk.

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      1. Brad Tonoff‏ @BradTonoff 18 Nov 2015
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        @bluechoochoo The @TheOnion at it again - getting to the heart of the truth more accurately than most news publications.

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      1. Karen Parmelee‏ @parmcharm 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion Oh - great concept of knowing our history... will never catch on unless televised to spoon-feed us. Then fear editorializing...

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      1. Lilith Sophia‏ @PhoenixPills 19 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @eevee ily onion ily

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      1. Ursus Kermoԃei³ ㊙️‏ @XavierTmccloud 19 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @artdecaderoo How can we when when we erase things from history? No one wants to remember the bad, doomed to repeat it.

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      1. Greg K‏ @Megreg916 19 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @MaddowBlog Americans have a case of short term memory problems.

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      1. KRand‏ @Krand18 19 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @MaddowBlog Learning from mistakes? That's crazy talk if it affects profits.

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      1. clacke@libranet.de  ❌‏ @clacke 19 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion But history has a well-known liberal bias!

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      2. Lana Jaie‏ @LanaJaie 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @AaronAStanford common sense yes? put your hand in fire, it gets burnt, so you learn not to do it again. But we don't learn. Why?

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      3. Lana Jaie‏ @LanaJaie 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @AaronAStanford we forget pain in order 2heal &the consequences of war become just a part of history. People dont want to remember

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      1. Bob Wakefield‏ @CockleburrSoft 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @drbarnard Good idea. We’re going to make mistakes. Let’s at least make new and different ones.

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      1. Playing Both Sides‏ @DC278 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion would love to retweet, but the examples are slanted left, per usual

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      1. Val Jobson‏ @softgrasswalker 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @stephenlautens Some of that history which is a little too complicated to remember easily:http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/france-s-unresolved-algerian-war-sheds-light-on-the-paris-attack-a6736901.html …

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      1. Val Jobson‏ @softgrasswalker 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @stephenlautens That's kind of annoying, but it just might work! We need a Better-Worse graphic for the really hard of thinking

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      1. Sam Marsh‏ @SamAxeMarshall 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion @Corybranan sadly I think that the only thing people learn from history is that people do not learn from history.

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      1. Amy Bramblette‏ @AWBrambletree 18 Nov 2015
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        @TheOnion One of those times I wish The Onion were reporting things that really happened. Heavy sigh.

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