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The "Evil Corporation" is a staple trope of modern media. Can we find similar themes (like the evil aristocrat, priest, etc.) throughout historical folklore where other ruling classes were in power?

251 upvotes • Wxnzxn

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What happened if a slave was born albino?

251 upvotes • noturbuddyfriend

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How much truth is there in the "legend" that the Ottoman Sultan in 1845 intended to send £10,000 to the Ireland during the potato famine, but only sent £1000 so as not to send any more than Queen Victoria (who sent only £2000)?

251 upvotes • Trolliver21

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How was the sex life of the Ottoman Sultan?

251 upvotes • [deleted]

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Do the Kalash people of Afghanistan really have direct cultural memory of the soldiers of Alexander the Great? Has any kind of event been accurately transmitted through over 2 millenia?

251 upvotes • djchazradio

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What knowledge did Druids learn, if it took 20 years and could only be memorised?

251 upvotes • onemanandhisdog

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It is 1750, I'm middle class, and I live in Paris or London. Where do I get my water? How clean it it? Is it free of charge? Do I use it for hygiene as well? What about the lower and upper class?

251 upvotes • xetal1

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Rewatching Modern Marvels (an old favorite) and noticing many inventions first became popular at the World's Fairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What were these fairs, and why have I never heard of them outside the show?

251 upvotes • Comrade-Chernov

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How were 3000 German Nobles able to defeat 300,000 Peasants during the German Peasants War?

251 upvotes • elicubs44

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History is full of patriarchal and a few matriarchal cultures. Were there any human cultures in history where gender was not an important factor when it came to leadership?

251 upvotes • mtg_and_mlp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The "Evil Corporation" is a staple trope of modern media. Can we find similar themes (like the evil aristocrat, priest, etc.) throughout historical folklore where other ruling classes were in power?	251	Wxnzxn
What happened if a slave was born albino?	251	noturbuddyfriend
How much truth is there in the "legend" that the Ottoman Sultan in 1845 intended to send £10,000 to the Ireland during the potato famine, but only sent £1000 so as not to send any more than Queen Victoria (who sent only £2000)?	251	Trolliver21
How was the sex life of the Ottoman Sultan?	251	[deleted]
Do the Kalash people of Afghanistan really have direct cultural memory of the soldiers of Alexander the Great? Has any kind of event been accurately transmitted through over 2 millenia?	251	djchazradio
What knowledge did Druids learn, if it took 20 years and could only be memorised?	251	onemanandhisdog
It is 1750, I'm middle class, and I live in Paris or London. Where do I get my water? How clean it it? Is it free of charge? Do I use it for hygiene as well? What about the lower and upper class?	251	xetal1
Rewatching Modern Marvels (an old favorite) and noticing many inventions first became popular at the World's Fairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What were these fairs, and why have I never heard of them outside the show?	251	Comrade-Chernov
How were 3000 German Nobles able to defeat 300,000 Peasants during the German Peasants War?	251	elicubs44
History is full of patriarchal and a few matriarchal cultures. Were there any human cultures in history where gender was not an important factor when it came to leadership?	251	mtg_and_mlp