# Does this pop culture trope have any basis in reality?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pop-culture-trope-have-any-basis-in-reality/484911 "2009-02-08T08:36:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pop-culture-trope-have-any-basis-in-reality/484911/21 "2009-02-09T03:54:50Z")

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Interesting that the Prince Philip and John Frum cargo cults are both from the same small island of Tanna.

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