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If you could go back in time and watch -- but not change or interact with -- one historical event, what would it be? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For the sake of the argument, you get to arrive up to 24 hours before the event starts and leave up to 24 hours after it ends.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For everyone who doesn't want to google it, Mount Vesuvius is the volcano that destroyed Pompeii.

It's also what I'm interested to see in person if I could go back.