{"tag":"nations","articles":{"blog\/society\/earth-s-history-for-aliens":{"key":"blog\/society\/earth-s-history-for-aliens","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-12-15T11:41:06+01:00","publishedAt":"2019-12-15T11:04:00+01:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"earth-s-history-for-aliens"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"earth-s-history-for-aliens","title":"Earth\u0027s history for aliens","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/alien_small.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022298.46153846154\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/alien_small.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022298.46153846154\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine aliens visit us one day, make an in-depth research into our species and sum it up in a history book that they bring home to teach their alien children from.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat would it say? 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