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[WP] The afterlife is separated into regions that people from different centuries tend to congregate out of familiarity. Today, one of the older spirits decides to head to the section populated by recent arrivals.
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I am a high Chinese noble during the Ming Dynasty; would I be expected to retain multiple philosophers and spiritual advisers who believed in conflicting ideologies? (Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, other schools of philosophy, local religious sects, ect)
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Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' is generally recognized as revealing the conditions of the meatpacking industry to the public; however, it surprises me the public were somehow unfamiliar with the general principles behind 'how the sausage is made'. How did the public see the industry previously?
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[WP] In a world where all objects are secretly alive, you're one of the only humans they trust to know the secret.
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[WP] A evil sorcerer, bored of their general invincibility in a world where all of their old rivals are dead, decides to secretly become the court wizard of a newly founded small kingdom to guide it into a place that would produce regular challenges for him.
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The frame story of the 'Decameron' involves a small group of nobles waiting out the black death in a deserted villa. Is this meant to have echoed any historical event to a then-contemporary reader, of nobles or merchants isolating themselves and engaging in inane games and activities?
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Clockwork skulls, ornamental knifes, fairy statuettes; all and more can be found at most gas stations and malls in the United States. Does the lowest level of kitsch commonly found today meant to appeal to young adults represent a continuity of cheap merchandise that existed in previous decades?
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In The Count of Monte Cristo, the main antagonists consist of a magistrate, a general, and a banker who benefited heavily from recent regime change. Was this relatively 'anti-establishment' plot be the norm in adventure literature of the time, or would it have been surprising?
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