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SYMHC Classics: Nuclear Close Calls
Stuff You Missed in History Class
This episode from 2017 covers several moments in history when the world came perilously close to a full-scale nuclear war, due to false alarms or miscommunication. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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