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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2026-05-11 14:19:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the first known work depicting aliens, outer space, and interplanetary warfare dates to the 2nd century AD. “A True Story,” written by Lucian of Samosata, is a satire of prior works that depicted fantastical or mythic stories as true