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What would it have been like to grow up as a girl in the Aztec Empire pre-colonialism?

676 upvotes • AnnalsPornographie

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Possibly a dumb question but here we go; There have been multiple female absolute monarchs in history who had total power over the laws, why didn’t they just make total gender equality laws and then enforce them?

676 upvotes • MemerInAMemeLand

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In Downton Abbey, a housemaid gets pregnant out of wedlock, is fired without a reference, and ends up as a sex worker. What options would a working class unwed mother in 1919 England have had?

676 upvotes • nucksnewbie

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What was the extent of Helmut Kentler’s “giving foster children to literal pedophiles” experiment from the 60s-90s?

676 upvotes • ProbablyParody69

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Are there any accounts of a battle ending with only 1 or 2 men on both sides?

675 upvotes • silent_brutus

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I never understood zeppelins in WWI. Why were they not really easy to shoot down?

675 upvotes • thefourthchipmunk

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In the 1990s, grunge was highly associated with heroin; were there socioeconomic/political factors that contributed to a rise in heroin use in the Pacific northwest? Was this an illusion created by a few high-profile users or was there really a spike in usage and are there any theories as to why? NSFW

675 upvotes • td4999

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Columbine was not the first school shooting, so why is it considered so significant?

675 upvotes • SemiCharmedGriffin

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Genghis Khan is most notably described as an amazing military leader but how was he at governing?

675 upvotes • bigtitsfanclub

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If you went back in time to a year labeled as “B.C.” and asked someone from that time what year it was what would they have said?

675 upvotes • xXFirefryXx

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What would it have been like to grow up as a girl in the Aztec Empire pre-colonialism?	676	AnnalsPornographie
Possibly a dumb question but here we go; There have been multiple female absolute monarchs in history who had total power over the laws, why didn’t they just make total gender equality laws and then enforce them?	676	MemerInAMemeLand
In Downton Abbey, a housemaid gets pregnant out of wedlock, is fired without a reference, and ends up as a sex worker. What options would a working class unwed mother in 1919 England have had?	676	nucksnewbie
What was the extent of Helmut Kentler’s “giving foster children to literal pedophiles” experiment from the 60s-90s?	676	ProbablyParody69
Are there any accounts of a battle ending with only 1 or 2 men on both sides?	675	silent_brutus
I never understood zeppelins in WWI. Why were they not really easy to shoot down?	675	thefourthchipmunk
In the 1990s, grunge was highly associated with heroin; were there socioeconomic/political factors that contributed to a rise in heroin use in the Pacific northwest? Was this an illusion created by a few high-profile users or was there really a spike in usage and are there any theories as to why? NSFW	675	td4999
Columbine was not the first school shooting, so why is it considered so significant?	675	SemiCharmedGriffin
Genghis Khan is most notably described as an amazing military leader but how was he at governing?	675	bigtitsfanclub
If you went back in time to a year labeled as “B.C.” and asked someone from that time what year it was what would they have said?	675	xXFirefryXx