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The Younger Dryas climate change event occurred around 12,000 years ago and was more rapid (change of about 5 degrees in a few decades) than the climate change happening today. How does it compare to modern climate change? Was there significant extinction and damage to the environment?
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According to Wikipedia, the other 3 reactors at the Chernobyl power plant continued operating and producing electricity for many years after the accident, with the last reactor closing only in 2000 (!). Who worked there? Where did they live? How did they get to work every day?
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[WP] You are a young psychiatrist who has just completed training, and you were happy to accept a well paying job at a prison. But the prisoners use strange phrases and insist that they were brought here from a different, "magical" world. You come to suspect that the prisoners aren't at all insane.
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[WP] You've dreamed about being a powerful wizard or a mighty warrior in a D&D universe. One day you find yourself in such a universe, but it's still the same you, without any special magical or physical abilities. But there is something you do have - an intricate understanding of the ruleset.
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[WP] You've dreamed about being a powerful wizard or a mighty warrior in a D&D universe. One day you find yourself in such a universe, but it's still the same you, without any special magical or physical abilities. But there is something you do have - an intricate understanding of the ruleset.
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[WP] You are one of the best strategy gamers in the world. One day God asks for your help. Turns out the universe is a massive 4X strategy game, and humans are way behind...
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[WP] You are a popular streamer. You've been sent a full body VR suit to review. As you put it on live on stream, you hear police sirens and pounding on your door. You've been swatted. Suddenly you hear a voice "self defense mode active, acquiring full control".
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[WP] You have spent centuries planning revenge against the gods. But when you finally confront them, they reveal a horrifying truth. They were mere pawns at the hands of an even greater power. You vow to find this "Game Master", and you will make him pay...
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[WP] Humanity has sent hundreds of unmanned probes to other solar systems, but shortly after each probe leaves our solar system, all contact is lost. You are the volunteer who agreed to pilot the first manned probe to leave our solar system.
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[WP] You are a cop. A man knocks on your door. He says there was a terrorist attack. You leave him at home with your family, and rush to the scene. You see a dead body that's dressed the same as the man, and is surrounded by cops. One of them tells you "we got one, but the other terrorist got away".
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