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Hesiod recommends against trusting "women who decorates her buttocks."

266 upvotes • [deleted]

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In the Bible, Jesus' first miracle was famously to turn water into wine. What kind of wine could typically be found in Roman Judea and, assuming Jesus was a skilled amateur vintner for his Era, would the wine be considered "good" by modern standards?

266 upvotes • LateNightPhilosopher

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How did Berlin become a big city without any major source of water?

266 upvotes • KansasIsGoingByeBye

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Was Dungeons and Dragons popular behind the Iron Curtain in countries like Poland, East Germany, and the Soviet Union? Or was it purely a Western phenomenon?

266 upvotes • nowlan101

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I am the honorable Andrew Oliver Esq., the assigned stamp distributor for the Province of Massachusetts Bay. AMA about the grave injustices committed towards my person by the townspeople of Boston.

266 upvotes • AndrewOliver1765

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Why did english speakers start saying "conqustador" and "reconquista" instead of "conqueror" and "reconquest"?

266 upvotes • Frigorifico

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In the US, the emergency number, 911, was created in 1968. How were emergencies handled before 1968, or even before the existence of telephones?

266 upvotes • IAbstainFromSociety

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Is there any evidence the Hebrew bible was rewritten to be monotheistic?

266 upvotes • XxBLAKEMWxX

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Is Judaism or Zoroastrianism the world’s oldest monotheistic religion?

266 upvotes • kumaratein

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What was the concept of childhood before Victorian times?

265 upvotes • superfahd

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Hesiod recommends against trusting "women who decorates her buttocks."	266	[deleted]
In the Bible, Jesus' first miracle was famously to turn water into wine. What kind of wine could typically be found in Roman Judea and, assuming Jesus was a skilled amateur vintner for his Era, would the wine be considered "good" by modern standards?	266	LateNightPhilosopher
How did Berlin become a big city without any major source of water?	266	KansasIsGoingByeBye
Was Dungeons and Dragons popular behind the Iron Curtain in countries like Poland, East Germany, and the Soviet Union? Or was it purely a Western phenomenon?	266	nowlan101
I am the honorable Andrew Oliver Esq., the assigned stamp distributor for the Province of Massachusetts Bay. AMA about the grave injustices committed towards my person by the townspeople of Boston.	266	AndrewOliver1765
Why did english speakers start saying "conqustador" and "reconquista" instead of "conqueror" and "reconquest"?	266	Frigorifico
In the US, the emergency number, 911, was created in 1968. How were emergencies handled before 1968, or even before the existence of telephones?	266	IAbstainFromSociety
Is there any evidence the Hebrew bible was rewritten to be monotheistic?	266	XxBLAKEMWxX
Is Judaism or Zoroastrianism the world’s oldest monotheistic religion?	266	kumaratein
What was the concept of childhood before Victorian times?	265	superfahd