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WTF Fun Fact – Drunken Nuclear Strike

December 6, 2020 by WTF

In 1969, a drunk Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea for shooting down a US EC-121 spy plane. Henry Kissinger intervened and made him sober up before deciding how to retaliate. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea – Business Insider

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