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How were Depression and Anxiety treated and seen in the Medieval era?

257 upvotes • Fear-all-birds

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I am a viking warrior, i get a paper cut in battle and it turns into a staph infection. Is there anything i can do, or am i going to Valhalla?

257 upvotes • drunksouls69

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Why is Idaho shaped like it is?

257 upvotes • rakust

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What do we know about the final days inside the Roman Colosseum? Why did people stop going?

257 upvotes • zeamp

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Even in today's urbanised Britain, there are too many deer and we have to cull them, as they have no natural predators. Were there tons and tons of deer in the Middle Ages? Did people eat a lot of venisons?

257 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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Many cartoons depict a character swallowing a key in order to keep it from someone else. Is there any historical precedent for this or is it just an invention of fiction?

257 upvotes • iamveryDerp

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Was school actually designed to make kids subservient?

257 upvotes • mokita

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Why were people in Victorian-WWII England so concerned with the welfare of sailors?

257 upvotes • [deleted]

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When Japanese American Internment happened in the USA during WW2, are there recorded instances of non-Japanese families hiding Japanese families in their own home from internment? If the non-Japanese family was caught, were they legally punished by the government in any way?

257 upvotes • sportsdude523

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Rodrigo Diaz aka El Cid is known as a Christian-Spanish folk hero and subject of epic poetry of a pious, chivalrous crusader, but he also served as a mercenary for Berber and Muslim/Moorish forces. How did the Islamic literature traditions treat him?

257 upvotes • youlostthewarwehrs

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How were Depression and Anxiety treated and seen in the Medieval era?	257	Fear-all-birds
I am a viking warrior, i get a paper cut in battle and it turns into a staph infection. Is there anything i can do, or am i going to Valhalla?	257	drunksouls69
Why is Idaho shaped like it is?	257	rakust
What do we know about the final days inside the Roman Colosseum? Why did people stop going?	257	zeamp
Even in today's urbanised Britain, there are too many deer and we have to cull them, as they have no natural predators. Were there tons and tons of deer in the Middle Ages? Did people eat a lot of venisons?	257	The_Manchurian
Many cartoons depict a character swallowing a key in order to keep it from someone else. Is there any historical precedent for this or is it just an invention of fiction?	257	iamveryDerp
Was school actually designed to make kids subservient?	257	mokita
Why were people in Victorian-WWII England so concerned with the welfare of sailors?	257	[deleted]
When Japanese American Internment happened in the USA during WW2, are there recorded instances of non-Japanese families hiding Japanese families in their own home from internment? If the non-Japanese family was caught, were they legally punished by the government in any way?	257	sportsdude523
Rodrigo Diaz aka El Cid is known as a Christian-Spanish folk hero and subject of epic poetry of a pious, chivalrous crusader, but he also served as a mercenary for Berber and Muslim/Moorish forces. How did the Islamic literature traditions treat him?	257	youlostthewarwehrs