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In the 1970s UK sitcom Fawlty Towers, a few guests are shown to live permanently at the hotel. Was this common during this time? What factors led people to choose life in a hotel, and did this have a long history?

2177 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was the eventual fate of the Library of Alexandria?

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[WP] Living next to the enchanted forest wasn't all good: normally the fauns played beautifully, but lately they've taken up saxophone.

187 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] NASA announces an unexpected discovery: a Neanderthal's skull. On Mars.

127 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Mansa Musa's father, Abu Bakr II, abdicated the throne of Mali because he was convinced he could find the edge of the Atlantic ocean. What contemporary knowledge fed this belief? Did he expect to find a 'new world'?

45 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] In the arcade there's a machine that prints out your lifeline; longer line, longer life. Everyone treats it as a bit of a joke, but today you finally caved in. For you, it printed a circle.

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In pre-Roman ('Celtic') Britain, what sort of entertainment could I expect when a bard arrived in my village?

38 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What did the later Norman settlers of Malta, and their successors the Knights Hospitallier, think of the megalithic temples of Gozo?

35 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[SP] You went fishing and caught the Salmon of Knowledge. Unfortunately it won't shut up.

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What was life like in Ottoman-occupied Bosnia and Croatia in the latter half of the 15th Century?

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In the 1970s UK sitcom Fawlty Towers, a few guests are shown to live permanently at the hotel. Was this common during this time? What factors led people to choose life in a hotel, and did this have a long history?	2177	AskHistorians
What was the eventual fate of the Library of Alexandria?	1421	AskHistorians
[WP] Living next to the enchanted forest wasn't all good: normally the fauns played beautifully, but lately they've taken up saxophone.	187	WritingPrompts
[WP] NASA announces an unexpected discovery: a Neanderthal's skull. On Mars.	127	WritingPrompts
Mansa Musa's father, Abu Bakr II, abdicated the throne of Mali because he was convinced he could find the edge of the Atlantic ocean. What contemporary knowledge fed this belief? Did he expect to find a 'new world'?	45	AskHistorians
[WP] In the arcade there's a machine that prints out your lifeline; longer line, longer life. Everyone treats it as a bit of a joke, but today you finally caved in. For you, it printed a circle.	44	WritingPrompts
In pre-Roman ('Celtic') Britain, what sort of entertainment could I expect when a bard arrived in my village?	38	AskHistorians
What did the later Norman settlers of Malta, and their successors the Knights Hospitallier, think of the megalithic temples of Gozo?	35	AskHistorians
[SP] You went fishing and caught the Salmon of Knowledge. Unfortunately it won't shut up.	30	WritingPrompts
What was life like in Ottoman-occupied Bosnia and Croatia in the latter half of the 15th Century?	30	AskHistorians