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Was there a concept of "unhealthy food" before mass food industrialization and processing in the 19th–20th century?

272 upvotes • janmayeno

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Did people in medieval times really put reeds all over the floors of their houses/keeps?

272 upvotes • TheAbyssGazesAlso

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Was the West African slave trade really the benign, domestic foil to American chattel slavery it’s sometimes portrayed to be?

272 upvotes • nowlan101

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Marcus Brutus assassinated Ceaser because his family had a reputation that "when Romans act like Kings we kill them". Had the Brutus family done this before and how powerful was the pressure on Marcus?

272 upvotes • FallenFamilyTree

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when did Italians stop refering to everyone else as "Barbarians"?

272 upvotes • boa_duvet

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Where did the oligarchs who purchased Russian companies during privatisation get the capital from?

272 upvotes • Drummk

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How and when did the modern (Western?) bedding arrangement (fitted sheet, top sheet,.blanket or comforter, some pillows) become the dominant way of "making" a bed?

271 upvotes • BullsLawDan

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Video games such as "Medieval Total War" and "Crusader Kings" often portray jihad as an Islamic counterpart to the Crusades, with multiple realms joining forces to seize a single target on religious grounds. Is there any actual historical basis for this?

271 upvotes • cake_flattener1

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I'm an Estonian officer in the Soviet Navy on a mission at sea in 1991. What happens with me when Estonia declares independence, when USSR acknowledges it, and when USSR finally dissolves?

271 upvotes • KoontzGenadinik

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Did Saddam Hussein really build a supercomputer out of Playstation 2's?

271 upvotes • zambies8myneighbors

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was there a concept of "unhealthy food" before mass food industrialization and processing in the 19th–20th century?	272	janmayeno
Did people in medieval times really put reeds all over the floors of their houses/keeps?	272	TheAbyssGazesAlso
Was the West African slave trade really the benign, domestic foil to American chattel slavery it’s sometimes portrayed to be?	272	nowlan101
Marcus Brutus assassinated Ceaser because his family had a reputation that "when Romans act like Kings we kill them". Had the Brutus family done this before and how powerful was the pressure on Marcus?	272	FallenFamilyTree
when did Italians stop refering to everyone else as "Barbarians"?	272	boa_duvet
Where did the oligarchs who purchased Russian companies during privatisation get the capital from?	272	Drummk
How and when did the modern (Western?) bedding arrangement (fitted sheet, top sheet,.blanket or comforter, some pillows) become the dominant way of "making" a bed?	271	BullsLawDan
Video games such as "Medieval Total War" and "Crusader Kings" often portray jihad as an Islamic counterpart to the Crusades, with multiple realms joining forces to seize a single target on religious grounds. Is there any actual historical basis for this?	271	cake_flattener1
I'm an Estonian officer in the Soviet Navy on a mission at sea in 1991. What happens with me when Estonia declares independence, when USSR acknowledges it, and when USSR finally dissolves?	271	KoontzGenadinik
Did Saddam Hussein really build a supercomputer out of Playstation 2's?	271	zambies8myneighbors