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World War One seemed like ancient history in my childhood imagination, even though I was born only 40 years after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

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The implications of these findings extend far beyond understanding ancient history.

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Queensland state education minister John-Paul Langbroek said the mishap was anything but ancient history for at least 140 traumatised students across nine schools.

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The young socialist has tried to downplay his previous hostility to police, but this isn’t ancient history.

“Talking about all this like ancient history makes me feel, ‘Oh yeah, we’ve kind of come a long way,’” Pickles ruminates.

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