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What were the hypotheses regarding the depth of the world's oceans prior to reliable and accurate bathymetry?

136 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What were the prevailing hypotheses regarding the depth of the ocean (and, indeed, whether there even was a bottom) before the invention of reliable bathymetry?

73 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] "Because when you control the [randomly chosen nearby object], you control the world"

18 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] In a world where unpleasant and unwanted memories can be deleted at will, you wake up in a padded cell with the last 24 hours missing. In steps a lawyer, followed by 10 heavily armed and armoured guards.

17 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] In a world ruled by tyrants whom it is impossible to disobey, you discover that only you can resist, because you are, the world's stubbornest human being.

12 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] When people die, they become ghosts and watch the living like a reality TV show. You've just been murdered and find that, in the ghost world, you and your murderer are well known celebrities.

10 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You're working the late night pizza delivery shift at a place that offers free pizza if delivery takes too long. A house on the edge of town calls, well aware of how far it is. Little do they know you're a secret super-genius who's about to move pizza faster than pizza has ever moved before.

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[WP] Humans, now an interstellar species, are applying to have a representative in the galactic government. However the application is denied. Planets can only have one representative and the position for Earth has already been filled.

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[WP] Write a story in a universe where instead of sleeping for roughly a third of every day, people sleep for roughly a third of every of a different time period.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What were the hypotheses regarding the depth of the world's oceans prior to reliable and accurate bathymetry?	136	AskHistorians
What were the prevailing hypotheses regarding the depth of the ocean (and, indeed, whether there even was a bottom) before the invention of reliable bathymetry?	73	AskHistorians
[WP] "Because when you control the [randomly chosen nearby object], you control the world"	18	WritingPrompts
[WP] In a world where unpleasant and unwanted memories can be deleted at will, you wake up in a padded cell with the last 24 hours missing. In steps a lawyer, followed by 10 heavily armed and armoured guards.	17	WritingPrompts
[WP] In a world ruled by tyrants whom it is impossible to disobey, you discover that only you can resist, because you are, the world's stubbornest human being.	12	WritingPrompts
[WP] When people die, they become ghosts and watch the living like a reality TV show. You've just been murdered and find that, in the ghost world, you and your murderer are well known celebrities.	10	WritingPrompts
[WP] You're working the late night pizza delivery shift at a place that offers free pizza if delivery takes too long. A house on the edge of town calls, well aware of how far it is. Little do they know you're a secret super-genius who's about to move pizza faster than pizza has ever moved before.	7	WritingPrompts
[WP] Humans, now an interstellar species, are applying to have a representative in the galactic government. However the application is denied. Planets can only have one representative and the position for Earth has already been filled.	6	WritingPrompts
[WP] Write a story in a universe where instead of sleeping for roughly a third of every day, people sleep for roughly a third of every of a different time period.	1	WritingPrompts