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Agnes Sorel supposedly wore gowns that exposed one breast at court and in turn was emulated by other women. Is there any truth/evidence such as extant garments to support this?

351 upvotes • frill_demon

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During a US Senate meeting today, a Senator said that people used to have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar to vote. Was this an actual voting test? Was it widespread?

351 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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AMA: We are Leila McNeill and Anna Reser, authors of the new book Forces of Nature: The Women Who Changed Science. Ask Us Anything About Women and Gender in the History of Science!

351 upvotes • DrAnnaReser

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In my language "Avar" straight up means greedy and in english there's avarice wich meams the same, where the Avars known to be greedy? And how did their name bevome synonimus with that?

351 upvotes • Zenar45

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How common was being killed by “friendly fire” in times of hand-to-hand combat? For instance during Viking battles.

351 upvotes • liog2step

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Why did small countries survive?

351 upvotes • MrPresident0308

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Has there ever been a society where the passive role in male homosexual sex isn't seen as shameful?

351 upvotes • newfashionedcatlady

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Was pain really a factor in violent or unreasonable behaviours in the Middle Ages?

351 upvotes • sosobabou

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Floating Feature: Here Be Dragons

351 upvotes • jschooltiger

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Why do so many Francophone African countries have “Work” in their national motto?

351 upvotes • Glad-Measurement6968

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Agnes Sorel supposedly wore gowns that exposed one breast at court and in turn was emulated by other women. Is there any truth/evidence such as extant garments to support this?	351	frill_demon
During a US Senate meeting today, a Senator said that people used to have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar to vote. Was this an actual voting test? Was it widespread?	351	TueuEnSerie
AMA: We are Leila McNeill and Anna Reser, authors of the new book Forces of Nature: The Women Who Changed Science. Ask Us Anything About Women and Gender in the History of Science!	351	DrAnnaReser
In my language "Avar" straight up means greedy and in english there's avarice wich meams the same, where the Avars known to be greedy? And how did their name bevome synonimus with that?	351	Zenar45
How common was being killed by “friendly fire” in times of hand-to-hand combat? For instance during Viking battles.	351	liog2step
Why did small countries survive?	351	MrPresident0308
Has there ever been a society where the passive role in male homosexual sex isn't seen as shameful?	351	newfashionedcatlady
Was pain really a factor in violent or unreasonable behaviours in the Middle Ages?	351	sosobabou
Floating Feature: Here Be Dragons	351	jschooltiger
Why do so many Francophone African countries have “Work” in their national motto?	351	Glad-Measurement6968