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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 31 May 2012 02:27:43PM 3 points [-]

In a history of humans (which, being a story, is mainly about choices), WW1 would stand out more prominently than the Spanish flu simply on account of the relative importance of individual prominent choices to the affair.