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At my wits' end: who could this man be, where and when?

625 upvotes • mvuijlst

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If Christianity came from the Middle East, why are there no Middle Eastern countries with a Christian majority?

625 upvotes • grapesandmilk

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Why were some Kings Kings of a country and some Kings of a people?

625 upvotes • zakelijke

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When did people start to become aware that humanity has gradually been improving technologically? Were the Romans(and others) aware that humanity once lived in caves, or at the very least at a lower level of sophistication? Did they then extrapolate to the future?

625 upvotes • [deleted]

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Was "tipping culture" in American dining establishments really a "relic of the Jim Crow era"?

625 upvotes • ExiledToTerminus

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I heard there was a time in British/American history when women were considered the horny ones incapable of sexual control and men were the chaste moral gatekeepers, ie the reverse of current gender beliefs. Did this flip happen, when, why, and did it happen multiple times?

625 upvotes • autoantinatalist

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, did the descendents of any of the old Eastern European nobility attempt to reclaim their land/property/titles?

624 upvotes • vonHindenburg

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Bengal was supposedly one of the richest countries in the planet at one point. So what happened?

624 upvotes • Cyrus47

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Wikipedia says "Musashi is said to have fought over 60 duels and was never defeated, although this is a conservative estimate", but gives no source. Is this true?

624 upvotes • venuswasaflytrap

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I'm an able bodied man from East Germany during the cold war, if I really wanted to, how hard would it be for me to get to west Germany and how likely would I be to succeed?

624 upvotes • DannyFilming

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
At my wits' end: who could this man be, where and when?	625	mvuijlst
If Christianity came from the Middle East, why are there no Middle Eastern countries with a Christian majority?	625	grapesandmilk
Why were some Kings Kings of a country and some Kings of a people?	625	zakelijke
When did people start to become aware that humanity has gradually been improving technologically? Were the Romans(and others) aware that humanity once lived in caves, or at the very least at a lower level of sophistication? Did they then extrapolate to the future?	625	[deleted]
Was "tipping culture" in American dining establishments really a "relic of the Jim Crow era"?	625	ExiledToTerminus
I heard there was a time in British/American history when women were considered the horny ones incapable of sexual control and men were the chaste moral gatekeepers, ie the reverse of current gender beliefs. Did this flip happen, when, why, and did it happen multiple times?	625	autoantinatalist
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, did the descendents of any of the old Eastern European nobility attempt to reclaim their land/property/titles?	624	vonHindenburg
Bengal was supposedly one of the richest countries in the planet at one point. So what happened?	624	Cyrus47
Wikipedia says "Musashi is said to have fought over 60 duels and was never defeated, although this is a conservative estimate", but gives no source. Is this true?	624	venuswasaflytrap
I'm an able bodied man from East Germany during the cold war, if I really wanted to, how hard would it be for me to get to west Germany and how likely would I be to succeed?	624	DannyFilming