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How common was skin cancer amongst sailors in the 1800’s?

208 upvotes • 3crownking

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It's the year 1400 and I live in Vienna. Have I ever seen an obese person?

208 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Are there records of people in medieval times mining radioactive ore and getting radiation sickness? If so, what did they interpret it as, since radioactivity was unknown?

208 upvotes • Ronnz123

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Graphic t-shirts gained popularity in the 60s/70s. Prior to this, t-shirts were almost exclusively plain and worn mostly as undergarments until the 50s. A photo of a woman with a Mickey Mouse shirt in 1939 makes me wonder - did she make it? Or did Disney actually make them? Other graphic tees too?

208 upvotes • TheRadHatter9

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A lot of Disney's versions of popular fairy tales have more optimistic portrayals and endings, but the original versions are often bleak and depressing. How come many of these famous fairy tales are very bleak even though they were made for children?

208 upvotes • sammyjamez

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Where does the idea that poverty is a moral failing come from?

208 upvotes • Luxri

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How culinarily unusual might a cheeseburger have been in 1st century Rome? Would a combination of minced beef, cheese, bread, and vegetables, however put together, have been considered particularly out of the ordinary within Roman diets?

208 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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How old is the game of peek-a-boo? Have humans always enjoyed messing with babies’ lack of object permanence?

208 upvotes • [deleted]

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How did the Muslims of the Islamic Caliphates view the Eastern Romans/Byzantines?

208 upvotes • __Odysseus___

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The Netherlands is famous for reclaiming large tracts of land from the sea. But where did they get all the soil? It's flat land which is already under sea level, and by default has a shortage of land/soil already

208 upvotes • Southdelhiboi

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How common was skin cancer amongst sailors in the 1800’s?	208	3crownking
It's the year 1400 and I live in Vienna. Have I ever seen an obese person?	208	RusticBohemian
Are there records of people in medieval times mining radioactive ore and getting radiation sickness? If so, what did they interpret it as, since radioactivity was unknown?	208	Ronnz123
Graphic t-shirts gained popularity in the 60s/70s. Prior to this, t-shirts were almost exclusively plain and worn mostly as undergarments until the 50s. A photo of a woman with a Mickey Mouse shirt in 1939 makes me wonder - did she make it? Or did Disney actually make them? Other graphic tees too?	208	TheRadHatter9
A lot of Disney's versions of popular fairy tales have more optimistic portrayals and endings, but the original versions are often bleak and depressing. How come many of these famous fairy tales are very bleak even though they were made for children?	208	sammyjamez
Where does the idea that poverty is a moral failing come from?	208	Luxri
How culinarily unusual might a cheeseburger have been in 1st century Rome? Would a combination of minced beef, cheese, bread, and vegetables, however put together, have been considered particularly out of the ordinary within Roman diets?	208	EnclavedMicrostate
How old is the game of peek-a-boo? Have humans always enjoyed messing with babies’ lack of object permanence?	208	[deleted]
How did the Muslims of the Islamic Caliphates view the Eastern Romans/Byzantines?	208	__Odysseus___
The Netherlands is famous for reclaiming large tracts of land from the sea. But where did they get all the soil? It's flat land which is already under sea level, and by default has a shortage of land/soil already	208	Southdelhiboi