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Sunday July 29, 2012 From a post on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written:

Things I found interesting [about the last 25 years] included:
Relatively peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union
The "USSR invade US" novels which turned up in bookstores for a while afterwards
Bagels reintroduced to Warsaw as an upscale American food
Canada's highest court ruling that same-sex marriage was legal
India companies acquiring UK companies
Election of a Black US President
Disestablishment of Sweden's state church
The rise of flavored vodkas

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