I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would’ve had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

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    TIL the entirety of recorded human history was just a transition period between the oral tradition and Wikipedia lmao

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      When you plot the development of modern humans on a timeline, oral tradition makes up 95% of it.

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        “What was life like before Wikipedia?”

        “Well, you see, in the year 7000 BC…”