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[WP] Instead of trying to get a man on the moon, every nation raced to be the first at the very bottom of the ocean
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[WP] In the future, historians are scrambling to try to deduce what exactly happened in the 1990s. Yet every book, every informant, and all filmography relating to the time period repeats the same message, “Only 90s kids can remember the 90s.”
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[WP] Space monsters have invaded Earth. They are not here to destroy us, but each picks a human host and stays very close to them without touching them. They are, in fact, Personal Space monsters.
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[WP] A king offers criminals a choice. They can serve their prison sentence or choose between 2 doors: one leads to freedom, the other to a chamber where they will be slowly tortured to death. As a thief, you must choose: 10 years in prison or a door.
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[WP] When you stop playing a video game, the world inside doesn't stop existing, just your contribution. The evil King is still the ruler. The other racers still race. The farming community goes about their lives, and everyone loves to speculate about what happened to your character.
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[WP] A legendary sword of power was lost in the final battle, shattered into many pieces... Thousands of years later, its broken shards ended up in the recycling plant, and repurposed into mundane, everyday items for the modern family.
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[WP] Your fairy godmother is very strange. She dresses in black and red, never takes off her mask, and uses scary magic. However, she genuinely does love you and teaches you what she knows.
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[WP] The aliens thought that by destroying all humans, they were freeing the human robots and artificial intelligence. They didn't understand the robots loved their humans. Now all the humans are dead, and their robots are angry, and out for revenge.
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[WP] You are a murderer that works as a lawyer and you are tasked with defending a person charged with your crime.
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[WP] One day people's spirit animals appear and they turn out to be first generation Pokemon. You are happy with your Charmander, since most got a Magikarp. Your significant other, who has never seen Pokemon, calls and is very excited about their "blue-eyed, pink, floating cat-like thing".
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