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How would an average young American couple, pre-Sexual Revolution and pre-reliable contraception, have approached sexual intimacy as their relationship became more committed and serious? NSFW

3747 upvotes • huckleberryfawn

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Why did the French nobles listen to the advice of an illiterate peasant teenage girl who said she received visions from God, and why was it that once Joan of Arc began campaigning with the French they started to win?

3746 upvotes • Mowglyyy

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In the years between 1885 and 1914 Italy suffered a massive emigration where, from a starting population of a little over 28 milion, 15 milion italians left Italy for the Americas, what caused this massive emigration ?

3744 upvotes • RutilantBoss

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Foot binding in China would have limited mobility for numbers of women and was practiced for centuries. Were there any changes in Chinese architecture or infrastructure to account for this?

3742 upvotes • p0liticat

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How true is the following statement: "Real communism has never been tried"?

3741 upvotes • Pashahlis

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We hear a lot about the decline and eventual collapse of great empires, Rome, Britain etc. What examples are there of an empire successfully pulling out of a period of serious decline and regaining it's dominance?

3740 upvotes • CondorLane

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In "All Quiet on the Western Front" the protagonist serves as a private for 5 or 6 whole years during the First World War and is never promoted. Was it common? What did he have to do to be promoted?

3738 upvotes • eterevsky

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After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, a fleet of 235 ships of Anglo-Saxon nobility apparently fled the country and sailed to the Byzantine Empire. What became of them and their descendants? What do we know of their life there?

3736 upvotes • Ganesha811

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How historically accurate is 'walk the plank'? How did it work?

3733 upvotes • nergoponte

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Otto von Bismarck famously anticipated that the next great European war would be the result of some 'damned foolish thing in the Balkans'. Who were the opposing forces that made such a conflict appear inevitable? Is there any consensus for why the region has so long been a powderkeg?

3733 upvotes • td4999

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How would an average young American couple, pre-Sexual Revolution and pre-reliable contraception, have approached sexual intimacy as their relationship became more committed and serious? NSFW	3747	huckleberryfawn
Why did the French nobles listen to the advice of an illiterate peasant teenage girl who said she received visions from God, and why was it that once Joan of Arc began campaigning with the French they started to win?	3746	Mowglyyy
In the years between 1885 and 1914 Italy suffered a massive emigration where, from a starting population of a little over 28 milion, 15 milion italians left Italy for the Americas, what caused this massive emigration ?	3744	RutilantBoss
Foot binding in China would have limited mobility for numbers of women and was practiced for centuries. Were there any changes in Chinese architecture or infrastructure to account for this?	3742	p0liticat
How true is the following statement: "Real communism has never been tried"?	3741	Pashahlis
We hear a lot about the decline and eventual collapse of great empires, Rome, Britain etc. What examples are there of an empire successfully pulling out of a period of serious decline and regaining it's dominance?	3740	CondorLane
In "All Quiet on the Western Front" the protagonist serves as a private for 5 or 6 whole years during the First World War and is never promoted. Was it common? What did he have to do to be promoted?	3738	eterevsky
After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, a fleet of 235 ships of Anglo-Saxon nobility apparently fled the country and sailed to the Byzantine Empire. What became of them and their descendants? What do we know of their life there?	3736	Ganesha811
How historically accurate is 'walk the plank'? How did it work?	3733	nergoponte
Otto von Bismarck famously anticipated that the next great European war would be the result of some 'damned foolish thing in the Balkans'. Who were the opposing forces that made such a conflict appear inevitable? Is there any consensus for why the region has so long been a powderkeg?	3733	td4999