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Is the Etymology of the word "Bear" actually a linguistic taboo?

329 upvotes • gmanflnj

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Philip of Macedon's tomb was uncovered in the '70s and his remains were analyzed. Where are they now? What happens to ancient remains, and are they eventually reinterred?

329 upvotes • mightylemondrops

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Is it really true that conceptualizing women's breasts as sexually attractive is (relatively) unique to the modern West?

329 upvotes • Max1461

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Writings about the Egyptian Afterlife seem to focus on the rich and powerful with expensive funerals. What was believed to be the fate of peasants who couldn't afford all this?

329 upvotes • TheGreenAlchemist

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Did most cultures associate dark colours with bad things and evil? Did subsaharan Africans have a different understanding of this?

329 upvotes • Logan_Maddox

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In Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters refer to Manhattan as "The Greatest City in the World." What was NYC's reputation compared with other major cities (domestic and abroad) during the time of the American Revolution.

328 upvotes • nmitchell076

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Was there "fan fiction" or off-brand knockoffs of popular works of literature in the Victorian Era? How strong were IP copyright laws with regards to creative works back then?

328 upvotes • Mountebank

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You are laborer in the wool manufacturing trade in 1400s Florence - what are you having for lunch? How is that different from the lunch of a successful bank manager during that same time?

328 upvotes • MichaelSpecks

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In 2001 Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed nine members of the royal family with an assault rifle including his mother and father before committing suicide. Why? What effect did this have on Nepal's politics?

328 upvotes • Daja_Kisubo

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Why does every single kind of animal have a different term for a group of them? Who sat down one day and decided all of those different terms, and why did anyone else listen to them?

328 upvotes • Ellikichi

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is the Etymology of the word "Bear" actually a linguistic taboo?	329	gmanflnj
Philip of Macedon's tomb was uncovered in the '70s and his remains were analyzed. Where are they now? What happens to ancient remains, and are they eventually reinterred?	329	mightylemondrops
Is it really true that conceptualizing women's breasts as sexually attractive is (relatively) unique to the modern West?	329	Max1461
Writings about the Egyptian Afterlife seem to focus on the rich and powerful with expensive funerals. What was believed to be the fate of peasants who couldn't afford all this?	329	TheGreenAlchemist
Did most cultures associate dark colours with bad things and evil? Did subsaharan Africans have a different understanding of this?	329	Logan_Maddox
In Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters refer to Manhattan as "The Greatest City in the World." What was NYC's reputation compared with other major cities (domestic and abroad) during the time of the American Revolution.	328	nmitchell076
Was there "fan fiction" or off-brand knockoffs of popular works of literature in the Victorian Era? How strong were IP copyright laws with regards to creative works back then?	328	Mountebank
You are laborer in the wool manufacturing trade in 1400s Florence - what are you having for lunch? How is that different from the lunch of a successful bank manager during that same time?	328	MichaelSpecks
In 2001 Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed nine members of the royal family with an assault rifle including his mother and father before committing suicide. Why? What effect did this have on Nepal's politics?	328	Daja_Kisubo
Why does every single kind of animal have a different term for a group of them? Who sat down one day and decided all of those different terms, and why did anyone else listen to them?	328	Ellikichi