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[WP] A small town, economically depressed for years after its major industry folded, adjusts as a new industry slowly revives it.
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I've heard that the equestrian bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome survived because medieval people thought it was of Constantine, the first Christian emperor. How did they find out that it was really Marcus Aurelius?
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[Free] These factory workers in Walthamstow modeling the party hats they manufactured for the king's Silver Jubiliee, 1935
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"The offensive against the alien robot invaders from outer space will begin tomorrow," said the deciphered radio transmission.
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[WP] Somehow, everyone who has ever contemplated committing a crime against you personally has found your contact info, and is sending you apologies for it. Emails, texts, letters, calls; then some of them start apologizing in person.
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[WP] You are a time traveler, running a newsstand in 1912 New York City. You discover you are not the only future person in the city when a man comes up to the stand and says, "Let me have one copy of everything."
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[WP] "Dammit, Fletcher; what kind of a lepidopterist are you? For god's sake, stand up to them, man!
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Did the ancient Roman state religions have any ethical or moral components, or were they mostly concerned with propitiating the gods & securing political obedience?
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