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[WP] As it turns out, vampires burn in the light of the Sun specifically. The light of other stars has no effect. Earth's interstellar colonies have a problem.

224 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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How did Western culture come to associate specific colors with specific emotions (red rage, green with envy, feeling blue, and so on)? Are these emotional connotations universal or specific to Western culture?

174 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Murderers are punished by 'rewriting': their minds are erased, replaced by a copy of their victims'. You're wearing the body of the man who killed you. His memories are coming back, and he wants to try again

161 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When Peary stole the Cape York meteorite, were the Inuit in the area still relying on meteoric iron for tools and weapons? How badly were they affected by the theft?

160 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In 1971, Rod Stewart sang that he could "steal [his] daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool". How common was it to make a living playing pool in 1960s-70s Britain? Was it even possible? What was that lifestyle like?

153 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What are the origins of the now-common Christian idea that wealth is a reward for spiritual virtue - that is, that wealthy and successful people are likely to be morally good, and that poor people are suffering from poverty because they are sinful?

151 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What's the biological basis behind 'cooling down' in exercise?

114 upvotes • r/askscience

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A biography of Abraham Lincoln claims that "In jumping, foot-racing, throwing the maul, pitching the crowbar, he [...] usually won" - what were those last two sports, and what was their history? Were they popular in rural Kentucky?

111 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] You have one rule. Everyone knows you never break that one rule. And even today, even greatly provoked, you will not break that one rule. You are, however, about to bend that rule to Hell and back

97 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] The prophecy says four are needed: a great champion, a complete failure, a most holy saint, and a most wicked sinner. Everyone knows you're one of the four. But no one can tell which one you are

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[WP] As it turns out, vampires burn in the light of the Sun specifically. The light of other stars has no effect. Earth's interstellar colonies have a problem.	224	WritingPrompts
How did Western culture come to associate specific colors with specific emotions (red rage, green with envy, feeling blue, and so on)? Are these emotional connotations universal or specific to Western culture?	174	AskHistorians
[WP] Murderers are punished by 'rewriting': their minds are erased, replaced by a copy of their victims'. You're wearing the body of the man who killed you. His memories are coming back, and he wants to try again	161	WritingPrompts
When Peary stole the Cape York meteorite, were the Inuit in the area still relying on meteoric iron for tools and weapons? How badly were they affected by the theft?	160	AskHistorians
In 1971, Rod Stewart sang that he could "steal [his] daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool". How common was it to make a living playing pool in 1960s-70s Britain? Was it even possible? What was that lifestyle like?	153	AskHistorians
What are the origins of the now-common Christian idea that wealth is a reward for spiritual virtue - that is, that wealthy and successful people are likely to be morally good, and that poor people are suffering from poverty because they are sinful?	151	AskHistorians
What's the biological basis behind 'cooling down' in exercise?	114	askscience
A biography of Abraham Lincoln claims that "In jumping, foot-racing, throwing the maul, pitching the crowbar, he [...] usually won" - what were those last two sports, and what was their history? Were they popular in rural Kentucky?	111	AskHistorians
[WP] You have one rule. Everyone knows you never break that one rule. And even today, even greatly provoked, you will not break that one rule. You are, however, about to bend that rule to Hell and back	97	WritingPrompts
[WP] The prophecy says four are needed: a great champion, a complete failure, a most holy saint, and a most wicked sinner. Everyone knows you're one of the four. But no one can tell which one you are	91	WritingPrompts