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When did bright and full-spectrum color pallettes become associated with childishness and immaturity in western culture?

280 upvotes • Vangaurds

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In Agatha Christie's "And then there were none," is there a significance (social mannerisms?) in not using the "Mr" prefix to Anthony Marston's name?

280 upvotes • ivoras

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I've recently read about a 7th so-called primary civilization. What is it and where can I read more?

280 upvotes • neerwil

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A vomitorium was not, as commonly believed, a room where rich Romans went to induce vomiting in order to eat more, but rather a high-capacity entry/exit into/from a theatre. But how did the notion that vomitoria were for vomiting in come about? Was it purely a matter of mistaken English etymologies?

280 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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Upon reaching the Pacific, did Lewis and Clark initially deny Sacajawea a view of the ocean?

280 upvotes • GrizzlyRob97

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''TIL that crimes committed by nobility in Aztec society were usually punished more severely than crimes committed by commoners, since nobles and the elite were held to a higher standard and expected to behave better.'' Is this true? What are the sources on this?

280 upvotes • Jamollo123

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Would a ship’s captain’s log in colonial times truly have reflected their true thoughts and feelings like a journal/diary or would it be very dry and number focused?

280 upvotes • dreadful_name

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Who invented the concept of 'hit points'? Do they predate the invention of traditional table-top role-playing games?

280 upvotes • raggedpanda

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After the mass expulsion of Spanish Jews in 1492, many Sephardi exiles escaped to the Islamic world, while others settled in Christian Europe. What kind of contact existed between early modern Sephardi communities on opposite sides of the Mediterranean?

280 upvotes • Vladith

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Did japan surrender because of the atomic bombs or because they were afraid of the soviets?

280 upvotes • hxhsuperfan

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When did bright and full-spectrum color pallettes become associated with childishness and immaturity in western culture?	280	Vangaurds
In Agatha Christie's "And then there were none," is there a significance (social mannerisms?) in not using the "Mr" prefix to Anthony Marston's name?	280	ivoras
I've recently read about a 7th so-called primary civilization. What is it and where can I read more?	280	neerwil
A vomitorium was not, as commonly believed, a room where rich Romans went to induce vomiting in order to eat more, but rather a high-capacity entry/exit into/from a theatre. But how did the notion that vomitoria were for vomiting in come about? Was it purely a matter of mistaken English etymologies?	280	EnclavedMicrostate
Upon reaching the Pacific, did Lewis and Clark initially deny Sacajawea a view of the ocean?	280	GrizzlyRob97
''TIL that crimes committed by nobility in Aztec society were usually punished more severely than crimes committed by commoners, since nobles and the elite were held to a higher standard and expected to behave better.'' Is this true? What are the sources on this?	280	Jamollo123
Would a ship’s captain’s log in colonial times truly have reflected their true thoughts and feelings like a journal/diary or would it be very dry and number focused?	280	dreadful_name
Who invented the concept of 'hit points'? Do they predate the invention of traditional table-top role-playing games?	280	raggedpanda
After the mass expulsion of Spanish Jews in 1492, many Sephardi exiles escaped to the Islamic world, while others settled in Christian Europe. What kind of contact existed between early modern Sephardi communities on opposite sides of the Mediterranean?	280	Vladith
Did japan surrender because of the atomic bombs or because they were afraid of the soviets?	280	hxhsuperfan