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Do we have any historical writings from the last survivors of doomed colony, kingdom, or city that ended organically (i.e. not via warfare)? How did they cope with their demise?

241 upvotes • best_of_badgers

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Czar Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra wrote letters to each other in English. Why did they use English rather than Russian, Alexandra’s native German, or French? And would it have been unusual for Continental nobility of that era to know English fluently?

241 upvotes • Charlie--Dont--Surf

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Listening to some old Blues recordings, one lyric that has stood out and popped up in multiple songs is "I'll lay my head down on the railroad line." Do we know how often suicide by train ocurred when they became more common? Was this ever a problem for railroad owners, or was anything done about it

241 upvotes • Paulie_Gatto

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Lionel Royer's 1899 painting "Vercingetorix Throws Down his Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar" appears to depict reasonably accurate Celtic and Roman war gear. What sources, archaeological or otherwise, would Royer have drawn from to inform his depiction?

241 upvotes • Epilektoi_Hoplitai

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What year did Jesus think he was in and when did they start counting.

241 upvotes • steeler8976

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Professional opinions on Indie Neidell's channels?

241 upvotes • DeadPengwin

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Why did Nixon feel the need to spy on the DNC?

241 upvotes • Illustrious-Sherbert

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Has there ever been a major society with no religious beliefs/ cult beliefs/ spirituality of any kind?

241 upvotes • Probscrying69

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The interview has dominated media for a century or more, but the format didn't seem to exist in the written media of past literate cultures. When and why did interviews become so important?

241 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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How old does a burial site need to be before it’s ok to excavate it?

241 upvotes • Gubbins95

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Do we have any historical writings from the last survivors of doomed colony, kingdom, or city that ended organically (i.e. not via warfare)? How did they cope with their demise?	241	best_of_badgers
Czar Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra wrote letters to each other in English. Why did they use English rather than Russian, Alexandra’s native German, or French? And would it have been unusual for Continental nobility of that era to know English fluently?	241	Charlie--Dont--Surf
Listening to some old Blues recordings, one lyric that has stood out and popped up in multiple songs is "I'll lay my head down on the railroad line." Do we know how often suicide by train ocurred when they became more common? Was this ever a problem for railroad owners, or was anything done about it	241	Paulie_Gatto
Lionel Royer's 1899 painting "Vercingetorix Throws Down his Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar" appears to depict reasonably accurate Celtic and Roman war gear. What sources, archaeological or otherwise, would Royer have drawn from to inform his depiction?	241	Epilektoi_Hoplitai
What year did Jesus think he was in and when did they start counting.	241	steeler8976
Professional opinions on Indie Neidell's channels?	241	DeadPengwin
Why did Nixon feel the need to spy on the DNC?	241	Illustrious-Sherbert
Has there ever been a major society with no religious beliefs/ cult beliefs/ spirituality of any kind?	241	Probscrying69
The interview has dominated media for a century or more, but the format didn't seem to exist in the written media of past literate cultures. When and why did interviews become so important?	241	RusticBohemian
How old does a burial site need to be before it’s ok to excavate it?	241	Gubbins95