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A little bit of inspiration for today (media.piefed.world)
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[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

fun fact, the initial attack on franz ferdinand failed. it was only after he went to the hospital to see the injured staffers, left the hospital, took a wrong turn somewhere--which just happened to be the street gavrilo princip was hanging out on--that he was shot and killed

a lot of people say wwi was inevitable anyway, but crazy to think the spark that kicked it off was due to a driver making a wrong turn, down exactly the street where the assassin was

edit: more info https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/the-nearly-botched-assassination-of-franz-ferdinand/