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    [OC] Who Didn't Start the Fire and When Didn't They Start it?
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    [OC] Who Didn’t Start the Fire and When Didn’t They Start it?

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    1. cavedave on

      The songs video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g)

      Python code up at [https://gist.github.com/cavedave/780d37ab288a117e29defab9b5a3f848](https://gist.github.com/cavedave/780d37ab288a117e29defab9b5a3f848)
      Data from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_references_in_We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_references_in_We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire) and [https://everyday-learning.org/we-didnt-start-the-fire-historical-references/](https://everyday-learning.org/we-didnt-start-the-fire-historical-references/)

    2. theincrediblenick on

      ‘British politician sex’ refers to John Profumo and Christine Keeler (the ‘Profumo Affair’).

    4. crookednarnia on

      A high school choir teacher made our class sing this song. In concert. This, among many other crimes, I can never forgive her.

    5. patricksaurus on

      And we get to guess the meaning of the bar, a key feature of good visualization. Neat.

    6. QuantumWarrior on

      So the earliest event was about 40 years before the song’s release and the latest 5 years before, meaning an updated version released today would span from Gorbachev becoming leader of the USSR up to COVID.