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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, we're that dumb. The China Syndrome, a movie about on out-of-control reactor meltdown, hit theaters 12-days (March 16, 1979) before the Three Mile Island incident (March 28, 1979). The US quit building reactors because of a Hollywood movie.