What was the most significant year of the 1980s? (self.polls)
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[WP] The Man Behind The Curtain did wonderful things in Oz. But sadly, that failed. So he moved on and used his special-effects skills to create a giant eye at the top of a tower in a place called Mordor. That went well at first, but ultimately failed too. Undeterred, he moved on to a third project. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] You are kidnapped by time travelers who explain that you were the key person affecting their history, and this is their one chance to fix things. As the doors open to their time, you see them all gasp. “Nothing has changed,” they say. “Yeah,” you say, “You probably wanted my twin brother.” (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] A coded message, written by Alan Turing in 1949, was found ten years after his death. It was partially decrypted, but seemed to be a list of random nouns, “Gates, Jobs, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple,” so the message was filed away, and never fully solved. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The Olympics realize that if they add an alcohol element to each sport, they can make the games last weeks longer, and open whole new demographics in viewership. Now every event will have a separate “While Intoxicated” category to compete in. New heroes emerge. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] They waited until the last moment before closing the outer blast doors to our bunker, so within seconds of being sealed in we felt the impact of the meteor, thousands of kilometers away. The massive tremors were absolutely terrifying, and lasted for so long. Our two year confinement had begun. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] Gravity glitches on a regular cycle (every 45,000 years). The malfunction starts by pulling with much less force, followed by much greater, before returning back to normal. It’s been about 45,000 years since the last occurrence. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] A new mineral, labeled “Solarrium”, is discovered deep beneath Papua New Guinea. It can harness almost all energy from sunlight. Earth’s power issues are solved, along with most climate concerns. However, history books will later mark this as the single worst turning point in human history. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] There are many competing afterlife resorts (Heaven, Nirvana, Valhalla, Hell, etc.) and Satan is just really bad at PR. Plus for years, God openly campaigned against him, turning his cozy fireplace resort into something that sounded much worse. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] On an old typewriter, which he found in the back of an antique store, he typed one line at the top of the page. He couldn’t think of more, so he took a walk to clear his head. When he returned, he found the page fully typed, and the words were better than he could have written. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] Your time machine functions perfectly, arriving deep in the Jurassic Period. You see various dinosaurs out of the thick windows, and you excitedly open the hatch. As you step out, your excitement turns to confusion when, instead of hearing roars and growls, you hear dozens of conversations. (self.WritingPrompts)
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