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“Fun fact: although they look dangerous, no one in recorded history has been killed by coconut crabs.”

1227 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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What's the history of using stars as a rating system?

845 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I couldn’t remember seeing the app before, and the icon hurt my eyes to look at, so I pressed the screen to delete it.

355 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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Why did avocado green and harvest gold become quintessentially 1970s colors?

284 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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As I was watching the movie, I realized that everyone who appeared in it was now dead.

129 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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In the early days of flight in heavier-than-air vehicles, what surprised new pilots about piloting, the sky, and stuff up there? Had things like balloons pretty much given them a complete picture, or were there still big unknowns about flight?

87 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When did decades become a popular way to think about the past in American culture?

53 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I couldn’t quite read the sign, no matter how much I squinted or how far I leaned forward, until I took a few steps closer.

43 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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The Godfather (1972) helped usher in the blockbuster era of moviegoing, setting the stage for Jaws and Star Wars and even Avengers: Endgame. What circumstances led to that particular movie changing the way movies were released and studios' expectations for possible box office earnings?

32 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I gave my left nut — to whom, or even what, I'm still not sure — to go back and live my twenties again.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
“Fun fact: although they look dangerous, no one in recorded history has been killed by coconut crabs.”	1227	TwoSentenceHorror
What's the history of using stars as a rating system?	845	AskHistorians
I couldn’t remember seeing the app before, and the icon hurt my eyes to look at, so I pressed the screen to delete it.	355	TwoSentenceHorror
Why did avocado green and harvest gold become quintessentially 1970s colors?	284	AskHistorians
As I was watching the movie, I realized that everyone who appeared in it was now dead.	129	TwoSentenceHorror
In the early days of flight in heavier-than-air vehicles, what surprised new pilots about piloting, the sky, and stuff up there? Had things like balloons pretty much given them a complete picture, or were there still big unknowns about flight?	87	AskHistorians
When did decades become a popular way to think about the past in American culture?	53	AskHistorians
I couldn’t quite read the sign, no matter how much I squinted or how far I leaned forward, until I took a few steps closer.	43	TwoSentenceHorror
The Godfather (1972) helped usher in the blockbuster era of moviegoing, setting the stage for Jaws and Star Wars and even Avengers: Endgame. What circumstances led to that particular movie changing the way movies were released and studios' expectations for possible box office earnings?	32	AskHistorians
I gave my left nut — to whom, or even what, I'm still not sure — to go back and live my twenties again.	32	TwoSentenceHorror