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In books and movies, when a knight stays at a tavern, he leaves the next day on a “fresh horse.” How did innkeepers keep track of which horses they owned, and how did they get them back?

4104 upvotes • Friendly5GLizardJew

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Why has mead become unpopular as an alcoholic beverage while beer and wine stayed and evolved?

4104 upvotes • followerofEnki96

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When ex-Nazi scientists were brought to the United States, how were they received by the Jewish scientific community who had recently fled from Nazi Germany?

4101 upvotes • Soylent_gray

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In a 1994 episode of the Simpsons they make a lot of jokes about the Republicans party being evil. When did it become culturally normal to characterise the party this way?

4098 upvotes • venuswasaflytrap

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Floating Feature: STEM the Tide of Ignorance by Sharing the History of Science and Technology

4093 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Im a sailor for the british empire during the golden age of sail. Does my wife just accept that Ive a girl in every port? and how does my family back home survive while Im away for months at a time

4087 upvotes • BabyGotBackAche

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Have Judaism, Christianity and Islam always been the only Abrahamic religions? Or are they just the only ones that are left?

4081 upvotes • International_Bat851

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Westerns often depict decently-sized towns out in arid regions with little to no visible farmland. Is this purely a limitation of film budgets, or did settlements in the American west and northern Mexico in the 1800s actually generally import food rather than produce it locally?

4081 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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How valuable would an OK modern kitchen knife be in middle ages?

4080 upvotes • xcerj61

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How did Asia (specifically the east i.ie China, Korea, Japan) react to the introduction of coffee into their respective commerce and societies, particularly for countries who have such rich culture and tradition surrounding tea.

4079 upvotes • WritingUnderMount

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In books and movies, when a knight stays at a tavern, he leaves the next day on a “fresh horse.” How did innkeepers keep track of which horses they owned, and how did they get them back?	4104	Friendly5GLizardJew
Why has mead become unpopular as an alcoholic beverage while beer and wine stayed and evolved?	4104	followerofEnki96
When ex-Nazi scientists were brought to the United States, how were they received by the Jewish scientific community who had recently fled from Nazi Germany?	4101	Soylent_gray
In a 1994 episode of the Simpsons they make a lot of jokes about the Republicans party being evil. When did it become culturally normal to characterise the party this way?	4098	venuswasaflytrap
Floating Feature: STEM the Tide of Ignorance by Sharing the History of Science and Technology	4093	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Im a sailor for the british empire during the golden age of sail. Does my wife just accept that Ive a girl in every port? and how does my family back home survive while Im away for months at a time	4087	BabyGotBackAche
Have Judaism, Christianity and Islam always been the only Abrahamic religions? Or are they just the only ones that are left?	4081	International_Bat851
Westerns often depict decently-sized towns out in arid regions with little to no visible farmland. Is this purely a limitation of film budgets, or did settlements in the American west and northern Mexico in the 1800s actually generally import food rather than produce it locally?	4081	EnclavedMicrostate
How valuable would an OK modern kitchen knife be in middle ages?	4080	xcerj61
How did Asia (specifically the east i.ie China, Korea, Japan) react to the introduction of coffee into their respective commerce and societies, particularly for countries who have such rich culture and tradition surrounding tea.	4079	WritingUnderMount