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Two of my favorite movies, “The King’s Speech” and “Darkest Hour”, paint very different pictures of the relationship between Winston Churchill and King George VI

6114 upvotes • brad__staple721

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Michael Phelps beat a 2000 year old Olympic record set by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152 B.C for the most Olympic wins ever. Are there any other ancient Olympic records that have remained unbroken?

6111 upvotes • drock45

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SCOTUS Justice Thomas recently indicated that he'd like the court to revisit libel laws. How normal is this in the court's history, for a sitting justice to telegraph the kinds of cases they'd like to see brought before the court?

6093 upvotes • NeverEnufWTF

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GRRM said "The medieval world was governed by men, not by laws. You could even make a case that the lords preferred the laws to be vague and contradictory, since that gave them more power." How true or false is this?

6082 upvotes • Alpy94

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Did the Vikings believe that their opponents in battle went to Valhalla as well?

6081 upvotes • winplease

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Farmers were major supporters of socialism and progressive populism in the early 20th century. Why isn't that the case anymore?

6080 upvotes • Unlucky_Outside

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Realistically most ships between the 1600s and 1700s carried cargo mostly not gold, so what did pirates do with all those random assortments of wheat, cotton, tea, and stamps?

6070 upvotes • Lightningchar

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Upon discovering the concentration camp near Gotha General Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote: "I felt that the evidence should be immediately placed before the American and British publics" Did any other allied generals make a systemic attempt at documenting the holocaust?

6055 upvotes • tommy2014015

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In one Calvin and Hobbes comic, Calvin imagines he's a future archaeologist trying to discern the purpose of a wire hanger. He imagines it served a religious function or was used for eating. Is there an infamous example in your field of a similar mis-identification of an artifact?

6052 upvotes • Hoppy_Croaklightly

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Did Ancient Romans have any ethical dilemmas around slavery? NSFW

6051 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Two of my favorite movies, “The King’s Speech” and “Darkest Hour”, paint very different pictures of the relationship between Winston Churchill and King George VI	6114	brad__staple721
Michael Phelps beat a 2000 year old Olympic record set by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152 B.C for the most Olympic wins ever. Are there any other ancient Olympic records that have remained unbroken?	6111	drock45
SCOTUS Justice Thomas recently indicated that he'd like the court to revisit libel laws. How normal is this in the court's history, for a sitting justice to telegraph the kinds of cases they'd like to see brought before the court?	6093	NeverEnufWTF
GRRM said "The medieval world was governed by men, not by laws. You could even make a case that the lords preferred the laws to be vague and contradictory, since that gave them more power." How true or false is this?	6082	Alpy94
Did the Vikings believe that their opponents in battle went to Valhalla as well?	6081	winplease
Farmers were major supporters of socialism and progressive populism in the early 20th century. Why isn't that the case anymore?	6080	Unlucky_Outside
Realistically most ships between the 1600s and 1700s carried cargo mostly not gold, so what did pirates do with all those random assortments of wheat, cotton, tea, and stamps?	6070	Lightningchar
Upon discovering the concentration camp near Gotha General Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote: "I felt that the evidence should be immediately placed before the American and British publics" Did any other allied generals make a systemic attempt at documenting the holocaust?	6055	tommy2014015
In one Calvin and Hobbes comic, Calvin imagines he's a future archaeologist trying to discern the purpose of a wire hanger. He imagines it served a religious function or was used for eating. Is there an infamous example in your field of a similar mis-identification of an artifact?	6052	Hoppy_Croaklightly
Did Ancient Romans have any ethical dilemmas around slavery? NSFW	6051	[deleted]