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During the golden age of piracy, where did most pirates actually live when they weren't at sea? What were the pirate cities like?

249 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] All your life you've thought people were exaggerating when they said that your family's old fashioned chili is "to die for". Now as you're finally being taught how to make it, you learn the truth: Many people have actually died trying to steal the recipe, and now its your turn to protect it.

131 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] A spaceship's AI wakes up its hibernating passengers, preparing them to create the first exo-solar settlement. But they are shocked to find out that advances in propulsion technology allowed humans who left Earth after them to reach the colonize the entire galaxy centuries earlier.

108 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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If there were tens or even hundreds of millions of people in the Americas that died from Old World diseases, what happened to all their bodies?

84 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] God wakes up from a nap and realizes, to his horror, that he forgot to pause his game.

80 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] A man dies and ascends to the afterlife. He is greeted by every one of his ancestors and they're all pissed that he allowed their bloodline to come to an end with no successors.

61 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You die and you are reincarnated as a newborn baby. You have retained all memories of your past life. After struggling through your first few months you are finally gaining the ability to talk.

55 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] Diplomats from earth and a dozen other planets are meeting at a gala to celebrate the signing of the greatest peace treaty in history. Your company just won the contract to cater the event. You're determined to pull this off without triggering an intergalactic war.

47 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] you are an assembly line worker at God's factory preparing for the launch of the massive new "Earth 2" project.

42 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You are cursed with the ability to empathize with everyone. You simultaneously understand everyone's unique perspective. After years of living as a hermit, you have a visitor that tells you that the world needs you, and that you must come out of hiding.

39 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
During the golden age of piracy, where did most pirates actually live when they weren't at sea? What were the pirate cities like?	249	AskHistorians
[WP] All your life you've thought people were exaggerating when they said that your family's old fashioned chili is "to die for". Now as you're finally being taught how to make it, you learn the truth: Many people have actually died trying to steal the recipe, and now its your turn to protect it.	131	WritingPrompts
[WP] A spaceship's AI wakes up its hibernating passengers, preparing them to create the first exo-solar settlement. But they are shocked to find out that advances in propulsion technology allowed humans who left Earth after them to reach the colonize the entire galaxy centuries earlier.	108	WritingPrompts
If there were tens or even hundreds of millions of people in the Americas that died from Old World diseases, what happened to all their bodies?	84	AskHistorians
[WP] God wakes up from a nap and realizes, to his horror, that he forgot to pause his game.	80	WritingPrompts
[WP] A man dies and ascends to the afterlife. He is greeted by every one of his ancestors and they're all pissed that he allowed their bloodline to come to an end with no successors.	61	WritingPrompts
[WP] You die and you are reincarnated as a newborn baby. You have retained all memories of your past life. After struggling through your first few months you are finally gaining the ability to talk.	55	WritingPrompts
[WP] Diplomats from earth and a dozen other planets are meeting at a gala to celebrate the signing of the greatest peace treaty in history. Your company just won the contract to cater the event. You're determined to pull this off without triggering an intergalactic war.	47	WritingPrompts
[WP] you are an assembly line worker at God's factory preparing for the launch of the massive new "Earth 2" project.	42	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are cursed with the ability to empathize with everyone. You simultaneously understand everyone's unique perspective. After years of living as a hermit, you have a visitor that tells you that the world needs you, and that you must come out of hiding.	39	WritingPrompts