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European colonists often referred to Native Americans by grouping them into categories like "Cherokee" or "Choctaw" on an ethnolinguistic basis. How relevant were such distinctions to the indigenous groups themselves?

263 upvotes • poob1x

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How did former SS officers and soldiers, the ones who weren’t tried and sent to prison or death, reintegrate into the general population? I can imagine that having a job 24/7 that required you to kill men, women, and children daily would leave some after effects.

263 upvotes • nowlan101

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How did the style of combat differ between the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?

263 upvotes • bobby-boi

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Serfs in Mideval Europe were "tied to the land they worked on". In a legal sense, what did this mean? If a serf ran away, would they track them down? Was there legal system to keep them working?

263 upvotes • Austriasnotcommunist

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Is killing looked upon more poorly today than it was in the middle ages?

263 upvotes • TheShadyPowerPlayer

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The 1950's television program "The Adventures of Superman" introduces Superman as fighting a "never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American Way." What exactly was "the American way," in the minds of the writers of the series and their intended audience?

263 upvotes • OffsidesLikeWorf

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What allowed the Japanese royal family to survive for at least 1500 years?

263 upvotes • currentmadman

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Zapotec cultures have "Muxes", people born male at birth but dress and behave as women which is described as a third gender. Was this rooted in Mesoamerican culture and if it is, what their view on gender an outlier among Mesoamerica?

263 upvotes • Chicano_Ducky

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How popular was Jane Austen books when they came out?Did men read them too or was it seen as something that only women read?

263 upvotes • A51234

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In BBC sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth" eponymous protagonist tries to avoid combat by feigning madness "doing the trick they all used to do in Sudan". Was Anglo-Sudan war a particularly nasty business that British officers would also try avoid?

263 upvotes • AyukaVB

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European colonists often referred to Native Americans by grouping them into categories like "Cherokee" or "Choctaw" on an ethnolinguistic basis. How relevant were such distinctions to the indigenous groups themselves?	263	poob1x
How did former SS officers and soldiers, the ones who weren’t tried and sent to prison or death, reintegrate into the general population? I can imagine that having a job 24/7 that required you to kill men, women, and children daily would leave some after effects.	263	nowlan101
How did the style of combat differ between the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?	263	bobby-boi
Serfs in Mideval Europe were "tied to the land they worked on". In a legal sense, what did this mean? If a serf ran away, would they track them down? Was there legal system to keep them working?	263	Austriasnotcommunist
Is killing looked upon more poorly today than it was in the middle ages?	263	TheShadyPowerPlayer
The 1950's television program "The Adventures of Superman" introduces Superman as fighting a "never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American Way." What exactly was "the American way," in the minds of the writers of the series and their intended audience?	263	OffsidesLikeWorf
What allowed the Japanese royal family to survive for at least 1500 years?	263	currentmadman
Zapotec cultures have "Muxes", people born male at birth but dress and behave as women which is described as a third gender. Was this rooted in Mesoamerican culture and if it is, what their view on gender an outlier among Mesoamerica?	263	Chicano_Ducky
How popular was Jane Austen books when they came out?Did men read them too or was it seen as something that only women read?	263	A51234
In BBC sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth" eponymous protagonist tries to avoid combat by feigning madness "doing the trick they all used to do in Sudan". Was Anglo-Sudan war a particularly nasty business that British officers would also try avoid?	263	AyukaVB