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Idiot plot

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In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot", and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case. It is a narrative where its conflict comes from characters not recognizing, or not being …

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Echo Fox
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Echo Fox was an American esports organization. It was founded on December 18, 2015, by retired basketball player Rick Fo…

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Saint Patrick's Day
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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditiona…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Teddy_Sinclair
Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were fired as judges on the second series of The X Factor New Zealand, following public backlash over comments they made to a contestant during the first live show.
2003
Rachel_Corrie
American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.
2001
2001_Shijiazhuang_bombings
A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.
1988
Iran–Iraq_War
Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people.
1988
Michael_Stone_(loyalist)
Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist, attacked the funeral of three Provisional IRA members, killing three attendees and injuring at least sixty others.
1984
William_Francis_Buckley
William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
1968
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.
1962
Flying_Tiger_Line_Flight_739
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.
1960
African_Americans
African American civil rights activists in Savannah, Georgia, conducted a sit-in, commencing the Savannah Protest Movement.
1935
Conscription
Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

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