re: On this day in history 1964. Dr Strangelove was released

And there was a good chance he really was that crazy IRL.

Water fluoridation is a real thing

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Opposition to fluoridation has existed since its initiation in the 1940s.[2] During the 1950s and 1960s, some opponents of water fluoridation suggested that fluoridation was a communist plot to undermine public health.[9]

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