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We're living in an age where Atheism is slowly becoming mainstream and replacing religiousness, has this ever happened in the past or are the last two centuries' behaviors novelty for history?

4020 upvotes • [deleted]

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How long did it take for Jews in hiding to start revealing themselves at the end of WW2 and what was their reception?

4019 upvotes • Flyron-Fist

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Why do Communist societies that we've seen tend toward authoritarianism and dictatorial-style arrangements?

4019 upvotes • robotractor3000

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Why is fantasy set in the Middle Ages? Where does that connection come from?

4019 upvotes • UnderwaterDialect

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Did Hitler ever visit concentration camps?

4016 upvotes • jadehochheimer

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Did Richard Nixon have apologists in the press throughout the Watergate scandal? If so, did those journalist lose credibility after Nixon resigned?

4008 upvotes • meme_streak

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Alfred Hitchcock lived until 1980, late enough to have seen films such as Star Wars and Alien. Is there any record of whether he saw either of them or what he thought of them?

4008 upvotes • allahu_adamsmith

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I am famed naturalist, historian, politician, and commander Gaius Plinus Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, AMA!

4008 upvotes • G_Plinius_Secundus

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Suppose I'm an American (white) man in 1798. Assuming I know where he is can I just walk up to the president in public and start talking to him, or even then would there be some kind of barrier between him and the general population?

4007 upvotes • grapp

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The Outlander book and TV series presents a fairly high number of rapes or attempted rapes, one occurring in the very first episode - How prevalent was rape around the time of the Jacobite Rising? What were the repercussions for such an act and how did it affect the victims? NSFW

4007 upvotes • drowningcreek

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
We're living in an age where Atheism is slowly becoming mainstream and replacing religiousness, has this ever happened in the past or are the last two centuries' behaviors novelty for history?	4020	[deleted]
How long did it take for Jews in hiding to start revealing themselves at the end of WW2 and what was their reception?	4019	Flyron-Fist
Why do Communist societies that we've seen tend toward authoritarianism and dictatorial-style arrangements?	4019	robotractor3000
Why is fantasy set in the Middle Ages? Where does that connection come from?	4019	UnderwaterDialect
Did Hitler ever visit concentration camps?	4016	jadehochheimer
Did Richard Nixon have apologists in the press throughout the Watergate scandal? If so, did those journalist lose credibility after Nixon resigned?	4008	meme_streak
Alfred Hitchcock lived until 1980, late enough to have seen films such as Star Wars and Alien. Is there any record of whether he saw either of them or what he thought of them?	4008	allahu_adamsmith
I am famed naturalist, historian, politician, and commander Gaius Plinus Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, AMA!	4008	G_Plinius_Secundus
Suppose I'm an American (white) man in 1798. Assuming I know where he is can I just walk up to the president in public and start talking to him, or even then would there be some kind of barrier between him and the general population?	4007	grapp
The Outlander book and TV series presents a fairly high number of rapes or attempted rapes, one occurring in the very first episode - How prevalent was rape around the time of the Jacobite Rising? What were the repercussions for such an act and how did it affect the victims? NSFW	4007	drowningcreek