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Modern language assumes a degree of agency when dealing with illness ("fighting cancer"/"don't give up"/"giving up and dying") and that personal will contributes at least a little to healing. Would someone in Mediterranean antiquity or Medieval Europe have thought the same way?

213 upvotes • screwyoushadowban

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Did any Islamic sultans/kings/khedives of Egypt ever consider reviving the title of Pharaoh? Or does Pharaoh have the same negative connotations in Islam as in Judaism and Christianity?

213 upvotes • JTNotJamesTaylor

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The Kung-Fu movies of the 1970s frequently portrayed huge Kung-Fu battles between rival gangs or martial arts schools. Is there any evidence of a large hand-to-hand battle ever happening in real life?

213 upvotes • modianota

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I've heard that various Native groups knew of and engaged in Controlled Burns before European settlement. Did the Europeans also know about this concept independently?

213 upvotes • ThespianException

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Prior to the Civil Rights Acts, where would black people be seated on flights?

213 upvotes • J2quared

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The Death of Stalin paints Nikita Khrushchev, “Nikki,” as an unassuming and almost goofy character. How did he rise to power and was it as unexpected as the movie made it seem?

213 upvotes • just_the_mann

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[Recommendation] What's the contemporary equivalent of Germs, Guns, and Steel?

213 upvotes • PunishedWizard

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I am Henry Curtmantle, King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou. In light of recent controversies in my reign, I have been advised by the brothers of Canterbury Cathedral to participate in this AMA as part of my penance for the slaying of Archbishop Thomas Becket. AMA?

213 upvotes • Henry2Curtmantle

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Were empires a "wealth pump?"

213 upvotes • Alias_The_J

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The North Korean women’s football team is currently ranked 10th in the world, and has been ranked as high as 5th. By comparison, their men’s team is only ranked 112th. How did women’s football become so big in North Korea?

213 upvotes • iwanttobepart

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Modern language assumes a degree of agency when dealing with illness ("fighting cancer"/"don't give up"/"giving up and dying") and that personal will contributes at least a little to healing. Would someone in Mediterranean antiquity or Medieval Europe have thought the same way?	213	screwyoushadowban
Did any Islamic sultans/kings/khedives of Egypt ever consider reviving the title of Pharaoh? Or does Pharaoh have the same negative connotations in Islam as in Judaism and Christianity?	213	JTNotJamesTaylor
The Kung-Fu movies of the 1970s frequently portrayed huge Kung-Fu battles between rival gangs or martial arts schools. Is there any evidence of a large hand-to-hand battle ever happening in real life?	213	modianota
I've heard that various Native groups knew of and engaged in Controlled Burns before European settlement. Did the Europeans also know about this concept independently?	213	ThespianException
Prior to the Civil Rights Acts, where would black people be seated on flights?	213	J2quared
The Death of Stalin paints Nikita Khrushchev, “Nikki,” as an unassuming and almost goofy character. How did he rise to power and was it as unexpected as the movie made it seem?	213	just_the_mann
[Recommendation] What's the contemporary equivalent of Germs, Guns, and Steel?	213	PunishedWizard
I am Henry Curtmantle, King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou. In light of recent controversies in my reign, I have been advised by the brothers of Canterbury Cathedral to participate in this AMA as part of my penance for the slaying of Archbishop Thomas Becket. AMA?	213	Henry2Curtmantle
Were empires a "wealth pump?"	213	Alias_The_J
The North Korean women’s football team is currently ranked 10th in the world, and has been ranked as high as 5th. By comparison, their men’s team is only ranked 112th. How did women’s football become so big in North Korea?	213	iwanttobepart