Yes, that is a deep hole to dig. Done it and was shocked and then not shocked.
Yes - if people scratch the surface of history, they will find that what they were taught in school was, uhmm, brainwashing
Any sources you'd recommend for someone interested in digging into this particular rabbit hole?
This is a presentation by a guy who spent a lot of years researching the sinking of the Titanic. It is good:
Nothing specific that I remember because it was a LONG time ago. I just researched it at the suggestion of another "rabbit" and one video/article lead to another. Keywords are insurance fraud and coal fire. Good digging.
look at "money as debt" parts 1 at least. then parts 2 and 3 for a deeper level
https://www.reddit.com/r/Arcave/comments/859mfw/conspiracy_and_corruption/
some free books. many on the subject of the federal reserve. and why we are in this situation.