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minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoIran-Contra was a political scandal back in the 80s where Raegans (may he burn in hell forevermore) administration illegally sold weapons to Iran The Hardy Boys are 2 detective brothers who solved mysteries. Literally just the young boy version of Nancy Drew books, basically. The joke here is that a Hardy Boys level adventure (The Secret of Pirate Cove) resulted in them outing the Iran-Contra affair
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Iran-Contra was a political scandal back in the 80s where Raegans (may he burn in hell forevermore) administration illegally sold weapons to Iran
The Hardy Boys are 2 detective brothers who solved mysteries. Literally just the young boy version of Nancy Drew books, basically.
The joke here is that a Hardy Boys level adventure (The Secret of Pirate Cove) resulted in them outing the Iran-Contra affair