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I'm a 13th century Western or Northern European merchant. I sell spices. How aware am I of the supply chain that brought these spices?

320 upvotes • LatakiaBlend

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Did the FBI have a criminal profile of the Unabomber that was in any way accurate to Ted Kaczynski before he was caught or published his letter?

320 upvotes • wiseguy_86

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Nazi death/concentration/work camp prisoners would have included large numbers of people who would have suffered serious psychological traumas. Were there consequences to the general release of traumatized people into their respective regions; ie. outbreaks of anti-social/asocial behaviours?

320 upvotes • SpiritedGrand

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In Japan, German is a common language among doctors, all be it for professional use, for example prescriptions being written in German. How did this come to be?

320 upvotes • [deleted]

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I'm a Christian missionary circa 500 AD. What text am I carrying and how would it differ from modern bibles? How am I outfitted for travel to a place like Scandinavia?

320 upvotes • romavik

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There is a group of African Americans called the Gullah people who were able to retain a lot of their African traditions who reside on the east coasts of Georgia and South Carolina and also arrived here the same way as other African Americans. (Descended of slaves) How did they keep their culture?

320 upvotes • Big-Bonkin-Head

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Why do we translate names?

320 upvotes • orsikbattlehammer

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The regions of Africa once labelled by colonizers as the Pepper/Grain Coast, Gold Coast and Slave Coast were all renamed as they became independent and are now the countries Ghana, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Why did the Ivory Coast never change its name?

320 upvotes • LorenzoApophis

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Were Assyrians really so brutal? NSFW

320 upvotes • Ill-Ad9527

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A quarter of Chinese men were hooked on Opium in the early 20th century, but Mao and the PRC virtually eliminated opium use in the 1950s and 1960s. How did they do it?

320 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I'm a 13th century Western or Northern European merchant. I sell spices. How aware am I of the supply chain that brought these spices?	320	LatakiaBlend
Did the FBI have a criminal profile of the Unabomber that was in any way accurate to Ted Kaczynski before he was caught or published his letter?	320	wiseguy_86
Nazi death/concentration/work camp prisoners would have included large numbers of people who would have suffered serious psychological traumas. Were there consequences to the general release of traumatized people into their respective regions; ie. outbreaks of anti-social/asocial behaviours?	320	SpiritedGrand
In Japan, German is a common language among doctors, all be it for professional use, for example prescriptions being written in German. How did this come to be?	320	[deleted]
I'm a Christian missionary circa 500 AD. What text am I carrying and how would it differ from modern bibles? How am I outfitted for travel to a place like Scandinavia?	320	romavik
There is a group of African Americans called the Gullah people who were able to retain a lot of their African traditions who reside on the east coasts of Georgia and South Carolina and also arrived here the same way as other African Americans. (Descended of slaves) How did they keep their culture?	320	Big-Bonkin-Head
Why do we translate names?	320	orsikbattlehammer
The regions of Africa once labelled by colonizers as the Pepper/Grain Coast, Gold Coast and Slave Coast were all renamed as they became independent and are now the countries Ghana, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Why did the Ivory Coast never change its name?	320	LorenzoApophis
Were Assyrians really so brutal? NSFW	320	Ill-Ad9527
A quarter of Chinese men were hooked on Opium in the early 20th century, but Mao and the PRC virtually eliminated opium use in the 1950s and 1960s. How did they do it?	320	RusticBohemian