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How sexually aloof would a college/university student be directly prior to WWI? (or 1900-1914 if that is easier to answer)

310 upvotes • dgiglio416

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How were the Romans able to subjugate and take other nations on as part of their empire and not go bankrupt?

310 upvotes • [deleted]

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Could aristocratic people in the 19th century really express themselves and talk like characters from famous novels such as Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo or Victor Frankenstein from Frankenstein?

310 upvotes • quixoticmirth

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Was Iraq really a secular country in 1970's before the Iraq-Iran War?

310 upvotes • Shashank1000

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When and how did "Indian burial ground"? become a horror trope? Were Native American burial sites and rituals in any way scary and mysterious to the colonists or is this a cliché born in 70s/80s, with Stephen King helping to spread it?

310 upvotes • LukeInTheSkyWith

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In Leviticus in the bible God commands Moses to not allow people with physical disabilities to worship. Has this ever been used to to discriminate against people with disabilities?

310 upvotes • [deleted]

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If the colonies that eventually became the United States and Canada equally "British" in the 18th Century, why weren't the Canadian colonies invited to participate in the Continental Congress and eventually the Revolutionary War?

310 upvotes • littletoyboat

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The history of the Internet always seem centered (justifiably, as far as I know) on the U.S. and military networks, such as ARPANET. Were there any important breakthroughs or innovations coming from the "other side"? How important was the development of Soviet networks like A-35 or AKADEMSET?

310 upvotes • LukeInTheSkyWith

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Why did the use of crossbows not lead to early firearm like tactics?

310 upvotes • badmemss

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Was the all-male jury in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men representative or did it already seem anachronistic at the time? Was the right (and obligation) of women to serve on juries a widely discussed topic like suffrage?

310 upvotes • Udzu

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How sexually aloof would a college/university student be directly prior to WWI? (or 1900-1914 if that is easier to answer)	310	dgiglio416
How were the Romans able to subjugate and take other nations on as part of their empire and not go bankrupt?	310	[deleted]
Could aristocratic people in the 19th century really express themselves and talk like characters from famous novels such as Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo or Victor Frankenstein from Frankenstein?	310	quixoticmirth
Was Iraq really a secular country in 1970's before the Iraq-Iran War?	310	Shashank1000
When and how did "Indian burial ground"? become a horror trope? Were Native American burial sites and rituals in any way scary and mysterious to the colonists or is this a cliché born in 70s/80s, with Stephen King helping to spread it?	310	LukeInTheSkyWith
In Leviticus in the bible God commands Moses to not allow people with physical disabilities to worship. Has this ever been used to to discriminate against people with disabilities?	310	[deleted]
If the colonies that eventually became the United States and Canada equally "British" in the 18th Century, why weren't the Canadian colonies invited to participate in the Continental Congress and eventually the Revolutionary War?	310	littletoyboat
The history of the Internet always seem centered (justifiably, as far as I know) on the U.S. and military networks, such as ARPANET. Were there any important breakthroughs or innovations coming from the "other side"? How important was the development of Soviet networks like A-35 or AKADEMSET?	310	LukeInTheSkyWith
Why did the use of crossbows not lead to early firearm like tactics?	310	badmemss
Was the all-male jury in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men representative or did it already seem anachronistic at the time? Was the right (and obligation) of women to serve on juries a widely discussed topic like suffrage?	310	Udzu