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Was walking the plank an actual punishment or a fictional trope?

314 upvotes • Artisanal_Sawdust

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Was sexual assault on female soldiers by their own side common during World War 2? Are there any sources documenting it? NSFW

314 upvotes • bake_gatari

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Timelines of women's rights frequently include gaining the right to own property. But there are plenty of accounts of women in the Middle Ages who owned and managed property. Was here a post-Medieval regression in women's rights or is something else going on?

313 upvotes • Tiako

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What did the United States have that other colonized "new world" countries didn't, that enabled them to be a world power. For example why couldn't Mexico or Venezuela do the same?

313 upvotes • jalisconegro

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Somebody posted on r/askanthropology that the knowledge of how to set a bone, transferred by oral tradition since time immemorial, is believed to have been forgotten in Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Does the forensic archeological record actually support this?

313 upvotes • malariadandelion

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Why was Ross Perot so popular in the 1992 election? What were the demographics of his voters?

313 upvotes • debaser11

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How effective was playing dead in medieval war and what measures were implemented to combat it?

313 upvotes • ClarkDarbler

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Were acne and other skin problems as prevalent in the past as they are today?

313 upvotes • melihic

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Henry IV of France is also famous for his terrible BO. What do we really know about his hygiene, and was it very different from his contemporaries?

313 upvotes • MaimeM

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Did Pope Urban II famously say "pity, have pity!" to the Crusaders in response to their massacre of Muslim and Jewish inhabitants of Jerusalem during the 1st Crusade?

313 upvotes • FallenSisyphos

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was walking the plank an actual punishment or a fictional trope?	314	Artisanal_Sawdust
Was sexual assault on female soldiers by their own side common during World War 2? Are there any sources documenting it? NSFW	314	bake_gatari
Timelines of women's rights frequently include gaining the right to own property. But there are plenty of accounts of women in the Middle Ages who owned and managed property. Was here a post-Medieval regression in women's rights or is something else going on?	313	Tiako
What did the United States have that other colonized "new world" countries didn't, that enabled them to be a world power. For example why couldn't Mexico or Venezuela do the same?	313	jalisconegro
Somebody posted on r/askanthropology that the knowledge of how to set a bone, transferred by oral tradition since time immemorial, is believed to have been forgotten in Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Does the forensic archeological record actually support this?	313	malariadandelion
Why was Ross Perot so popular in the 1992 election? What were the demographics of his voters?	313	debaser11
How effective was playing dead in medieval war and what measures were implemented to combat it?	313	ClarkDarbler
Were acne and other skin problems as prevalent in the past as they are today?	313	melihic
Henry IV of France is also famous for his terrible BO. What do we really know about his hygiene, and was it very different from his contemporaries?	313	MaimeM
Did Pope Urban II famously say "pity, have pity!" to the Crusaders in response to their massacre of Muslim and Jewish inhabitants of Jerusalem during the 1st Crusade?	313	FallenSisyphos