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I don’t think those recordings have ever been conclusively proved to be real though, have they? There’s zero actual verification of those being his last words,

I don’t think those recordings have ever been conclusively proved to be real though, have they? There’s zero actual verification of those being his last words, just a claim in a spuriously research book (“Starman”).

richie-guix 2y ago
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- ceejayoz 2y ago
  Right next to the North Korean ones about the discovery of a unicorn lair. The truth in this case is, generously, disputed. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503223325/https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/05/03/135919389/a-cosmonauts-fiery-death-retold https://web.archive.org/web/20190503223325/https://www.npr.o...
  - richie-guix 2y ago
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    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      > It is an exceptionally well known story in the Russosphere. “Well known” and true aren’t the same thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions?...
      - richie-guix 2y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#Usage_in_the_Soviet_Union_and_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#Usage_in_the_Sovi...