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[WP] It didn't take long to translate the first ever alien message, after the realization that the language used wasn't alien, but rather a "dead" human language. It began: "Greetings. We have chosen to transmit this message in the native language of the human most qualified to lead your species."

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Why was Don Quixote considered the first modern novel? What about it was fundamentally different from previous long form works of fiction?

2255 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why are most 1,000 year old companies Japanese?

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What is the historical evidence for North Korea putting "three generations" of a dissident's family into labor camps?

86 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Circa 400-300 BC, how aware was the average Greek person of famous philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle? What were the prevailing opinions on them?

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Is there a correlation between the complexity of an organism and the genetic diversity of its species?

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[WP] A strong AI tasked with cleaning up the world's oceans has gone rogue, cybernetically enhancing plankton into a grey goo army.

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Given the level of sanitation knowledge in ancient times (say, pre-500 BC Rome), were water canteens ever rinsed out? If not, what health effects would this have (if any)?

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[WP] We are 6 months away from the first Presidential election since the Class Wars, and as per the new Constitution, only the poorest 50% of citizens may participate.

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[EU] It's 2025 and you, Bill Belichick, have just won your 10th Super Bowl ring. Recognizing a human general finally worthy of the title of Stellar Praetor, the Grylaxans land in Cincinnati to initiate First Contact.

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[WP] It didn't take long to translate the first ever alien message, after the realization that the language used wasn't alien, but rather a "dead" human language. It began: "Greetings. We have chosen to transmit this message in the native language of the human most qualified to lead your species."	6275	WritingPrompts
Why was Don Quixote considered the first modern novel? What about it was fundamentally different from previous long form works of fiction?	2255	AskHistorians
Why are most 1,000 year old companies Japanese?	331	AskHistorians
What is the historical evidence for North Korea putting "three generations" of a dissident's family into labor camps?	86	AskHistorians
Circa 400-300 BC, how aware was the average Greek person of famous philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle? What were the prevailing opinions on them?	23	AskHistorians
Is there a correlation between the complexity of an organism and the genetic diversity of its species?	15	askscience
[WP] A strong AI tasked with cleaning up the world's oceans has gone rogue, cybernetically enhancing plankton into a grey goo army.	9	WritingPrompts
Given the level of sanitation knowledge in ancient times (say, pre-500 BC Rome), were water canteens ever rinsed out? If not, what health effects would this have (if any)?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] We are 6 months away from the first Presidential election since the Class Wars, and as per the new Constitution, only the poorest 50% of citizens may participate.	4	WritingPrompts
[EU] It's 2025 and you, Bill Belichick, have just won your 10th Super Bowl ring. Recognizing a human general finally worthy of the title of Stellar Praetor, the Grylaxans land in Cincinnati to initiate First Contact.	4	WritingPrompts