Tuesday marked the last day users can post on Yahoo Answers — putting the final nail in the coffin containing one of the internet’s most bizarrely charming outlets.
First created in 2005, Yahoo Answers is a message board for people to post questions that could then be answered by anyone on the internet willing to help.
Unlike posting questions to a Facebook group, Yahoo Answers has been almost completely unregulated, which meant anyone could anonymously post whatever’s on their mind — and some people who posted to Yahoo Answers have had some big questions. Some examples from the site’s more than 15-year history include:
- Did dragons live before, during, or after dinosaurs?
- Do you think humans will ever walk on the sun?
- Is egg a fruit or a vegetable?
- Is cocaine considered vegan?
- Is it rude to fart when someone is crying during a family dinner?
- If batman parents are died, Then how was he born?
- Was Abraham Lincoln really a vampire slayer?
- HOW DO I TURN OFF CAPS LOCK?
- IF YOU DIE IN CANADA DO YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE?
- Do you think NASA invented thunderstorms to cover up the sound of space battles?
- Am I turning into Taylor Swift? Note: I’m a 30-year-old Indian man.
Earlier this month, in a decision that several Twitter users compared to the burning of the Library of Alexandria, Yahoo announced it would be shutting down Yahoo Answers, thus deleting the platform’s entire backlog of posts.
The last day to post questions and answers was Tuesday, April 20, before it’s taken down altogether on May 4.