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Nostradamus was expelled from his university when it was discovered that he had previously worked as an apothecary, a 'manual trade'. Why was this forbidden?

218 upvotes • nofreakingusernames

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How strong was "strong discipline" towards children in a noble medieval household (1300s)?

218 upvotes • naughty_yorick

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I was told once that ancient Egypt censored parts of their folklore because they believed speaking of evil would bring more evil into the world. Is this true and why?

218 upvotes • Chicano_Ducky

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The Viking leader Rollo the Walker (Göngu-Hrólfur) was supposedly called that because he was too big to ride a horse. How large would this have made him, considering the horses he would have had access to?

218 upvotes • Jerswar

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Tuesday Trivia: Disability! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!

218 upvotes • AlanSnooring

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Would Dickens’s contemporary readers have inferred that Ebenezer Scrooge was Jewish?

218 upvotes • liesliesfromtinyeyes

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Why didn't the Mongol Empire descend into civil war and fracture apart after the death of Temujin? How did he ensure a peaceful succession that later Mongol Emperors were not able to do?

218 upvotes • Tatem1961

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In The Northman (2022), the vikings put a bunch of women in a barn and then set it on fire. Was this a real practice? Why would they do that?

218 upvotes • Logan_Maddox

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0 is often called a "late addition" to math. We may like to imagine a guy seeing the last apple being taken from a bowl and having an existential crisis, but this seems unlikely. For the average person, did daily life or the way of thinking change because of the introduction of the 0?

218 upvotes • SaintShrink

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Are there any examples of technophobia before the 1750s (particularly outside of Europe)?

218 upvotes • OhCountryMyCountry

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Nostradamus was expelled from his university when it was discovered that he had previously worked as an apothecary, a 'manual trade'. Why was this forbidden?	218	nofreakingusernames
How strong was "strong discipline" towards children in a noble medieval household (1300s)?	218	naughty_yorick
I was told once that ancient Egypt censored parts of their folklore because they believed speaking of evil would bring more evil into the world. Is this true and why?	218	Chicano_Ducky
The Viking leader Rollo the Walker (Göngu-Hrólfur) was supposedly called that because he was too big to ride a horse. How large would this have made him, considering the horses he would have had access to?	218	Jerswar
Tuesday Trivia: Disability! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!	218	AlanSnooring
Would Dickens’s contemporary readers have inferred that Ebenezer Scrooge was Jewish?	218	liesliesfromtinyeyes
Why didn't the Mongol Empire descend into civil war and fracture apart after the death of Temujin? How did he ensure a peaceful succession that later Mongol Emperors were not able to do?	218	Tatem1961
In The Northman (2022), the vikings put a bunch of women in a barn and then set it on fire. Was this a real practice? Why would they do that?	218	Logan_Maddox
0 is often called a "late addition" to math. We may like to imagine a guy seeing the last apple being taken from a bowl and having an existential crisis, but this seems unlikely. For the average person, did daily life or the way of thinking change because of the introduction of the 0?	218	SaintShrink
Are there any examples of technophobia before the 1750s (particularly outside of Europe)?	218	OhCountryMyCountry