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In JoJo Rabbit (film set in Nazi Germany) there is a scene from what looks like a summer camp. A female soldier says that girls will learn how to get pregnant and make babies, and she is proud of giving birth to many babies for the reich. How realistic is such dialog?

371 upvotes • Chilaquil420

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How Did British People of the Early 18th Century View Americans?

370 upvotes • admiral-bell

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In the Middle Ages did two kings ever actual find each other in a major battle and fight like many movies show?

370 upvotes • AsianSailBoat

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Was atheism a recognised way of thinking in the ancient world?

370 upvotes • Hoborgs_Seed

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Carl Jung in his "Psychology and Religion" says that, during WWI, there were sporadic sacrifices to Wotan by the youth in Germany. Did this really happen?

370 upvotes • Diodemedes

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Did Victorian & Edwardian doctors actually stimulate women with their hands and primitive vibrators to treat "female hysteria?" NSFW

370 upvotes • RideTheTigerBrah

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Why did Islam have little influence in the central plains of China when it reached as far as Xinjiang from the Middle East?

370 upvotes • edenapple

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How much of a financial burden was the Jizya on non-Muslims?

370 upvotes • Dabaozi

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The names Serge, Sergio, Sergei, and other variants are rather common in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, etc. Why is it not a common name in England or the United States?

370 upvotes • ewest

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How did the cliche coffee shop-writer (or people who want others to think they're a writer) symbiosis gain so much traction? It must pre-date free wifi, right?

370 upvotes • chikindiner

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In JoJo Rabbit (film set in Nazi Germany) there is a scene from what looks like a summer camp. A female soldier says that girls will learn how to get pregnant and make babies, and she is proud of giving birth to many babies for the reich. How realistic is such dialog?	371	Chilaquil420
How Did British People of the Early 18th Century View Americans?	370	admiral-bell
In the Middle Ages did two kings ever actual find each other in a major battle and fight like many movies show?	370	AsianSailBoat
Was atheism a recognised way of thinking in the ancient world?	370	Hoborgs_Seed
Carl Jung in his "Psychology and Religion" says that, during WWI, there were sporadic sacrifices to Wotan by the youth in Germany. Did this really happen?	370	Diodemedes
Did Victorian & Edwardian doctors actually stimulate women with their hands and primitive vibrators to treat "female hysteria?" NSFW	370	RideTheTigerBrah
Why did Islam have little influence in the central plains of China when it reached as far as Xinjiang from the Middle East?	370	edenapple
How much of a financial burden was the Jizya on non-Muslims?	370	Dabaozi
The names Serge, Sergio, Sergei, and other variants are rather common in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, etc. Why is it not a common name in England or the United States?	370	ewest
How did the cliche coffee shop-writer (or people who want others to think they're a writer) symbiosis gain so much traction? It must pre-date free wifi, right?	370	chikindiner