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Do you believe in moral progress?

233 upvotes • harumphfrog

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What's the oldest time capsule ever opened? What was in it?

233 upvotes • UlyssesOntusado

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What happened between WW1 and the Second Sino-Japanese/ WW2 that caused the Japanese Military to completely disregard human rights and the fair treatment of prisoners?

233 upvotes • Furious_Georgee

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How much is actually known about the naming of US cities and towns after European cities? Did they really just give the city the same name as the place they came from?

233 upvotes • TMills

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Were the Phoenicians a distinct civilization or Semitic people compared to their neighbors?

233 upvotes • Serpenz

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We all know the story of Benedict Arnold, but were there also instances where high-level British Officers became sympathetic enough to the cause of American independence, that they switched sides and betrayed the King?

233 upvotes • [deleted]

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How accurate is this flowchart about sex in medieval times? (NSFW) NSFW

233 upvotes • superclaude1

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Charlemagne famously traveled to Rome from Austrasia in 800. How long would a journey of this magnitude take, and how would his court prepare?

233 upvotes • Xanoma

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It is my understanding that a Roman legion on the move would construct nightly fortifications (a ditch and palisade wall) - was the lumber 'freshly cut' each night from a forest, or did they have wagons filled with lumber hauled around with the legion for the wall?

233 upvotes • rykocolor

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Egyptians were obsessed with the purity of royal blood, so isn't the story of Moses being adopted as prince historically impossible?

233 upvotes • FlyingRowan

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do you believe in moral progress?	233	harumphfrog
What's the oldest time capsule ever opened? What was in it?	233	UlyssesOntusado
What happened between WW1 and the Second Sino-Japanese/ WW2 that caused the Japanese Military to completely disregard human rights and the fair treatment of prisoners?	233	Furious_Georgee
How much is actually known about the naming of US cities and towns after European cities? Did they really just give the city the same name as the place they came from?	233	TMills
Were the Phoenicians a distinct civilization or Semitic people compared to their neighbors?	233	Serpenz
We all know the story of Benedict Arnold, but were there also instances where high-level British Officers became sympathetic enough to the cause of American independence, that they switched sides and betrayed the King?	233	[deleted]
How accurate is this flowchart about sex in medieval times? (NSFW) NSFW	233	superclaude1
Charlemagne famously traveled to Rome from Austrasia in 800. How long would a journey of this magnitude take, and how would his court prepare?	233	Xanoma
It is my understanding that a Roman legion on the move would construct nightly fortifications (a ditch and palisade wall) - was the lumber 'freshly cut' each night from a forest, or did they have wagons filled with lumber hauled around with the legion for the wall?	233	rykocolor
Egyptians were obsessed with the purity of royal blood, so isn't the story of Moses being adopted as prince historically impossible?	233	FlyingRowan