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Why is Jack the Ripper almost always portrayed as a dapper gentleman in a top hat and opera cloak?

209 upvotes • Jerswar

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How did restaurants cope without alcohol for cooking purposes during Prohibition? Were French restaurants allowed to import wine for cooking?

209 upvotes • jurble

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Why did King Arthur stories take off so well in England, despite the fact that many stories involve Arthur fighting Anglo-Saxons ?

209 upvotes • Garrus37

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Were the people who danced during the Dancing Plague of 1518 sane? What happened when other people tried to talk to them?

209 upvotes • onion_ring12

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Why do modern states claim defensive reasons for clearly aggressive acts of war?

209 upvotes • fog_rolls_in

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More Indian movies sold over 20 million tickets in the Soviet Union than any other foreign national cinema. Why were Indian movies so popular in the Soviet Union? Did Bollywood movies and Indian culture make a noticeable impact on Soviet popular culture and filmmaking?

209 upvotes • Sodarn-Hinsane

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Author Tom Holland argues that it was not our Greco-Roman western heritage that lead to liberal values, but Christianity, and that the ancient world was notably cruel. Do historians mostly agree with this stance?

209 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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The two Ancient Greek cities we know the most about are Athens and Sparta. We think of Sparta as the 'weird' society for being so militaristic, but do we know if Athens was actually what most Greeks would consider "normal"?

209 upvotes • DavidChengYueh

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Were significant generations of the 19th century or earlier culturally identified with names like we do with “Baby Boomers” and “Millennials”?

209 upvotes • EloquentInterrobang

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'Raiding (like the Vikings or the Mongols used to do) is actually about establishing trade routes and favorable trade conditions. It's done via the sacking of cities' - prof. Timothy Snyder in 'Making of Modern Ukraine' podcast (ep. 5). Could the historians here explaing this more in depth?

209 upvotes • appleflash

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is Jack the Ripper almost always portrayed as a dapper gentleman in a top hat and opera cloak?	209	Jerswar
How did restaurants cope without alcohol for cooking purposes during Prohibition? Were French restaurants allowed to import wine for cooking?	209	jurble
Why did King Arthur stories take off so well in England, despite the fact that many stories involve Arthur fighting Anglo-Saxons ?	209	Garrus37
Were the people who danced during the Dancing Plague of 1518 sane? What happened when other people tried to talk to them?	209	onion_ring12
Why do modern states claim defensive reasons for clearly aggressive acts of war?	209	fog_rolls_in
More Indian movies sold over 20 million tickets in the Soviet Union than any other foreign national cinema. Why were Indian movies so popular in the Soviet Union? Did Bollywood movies and Indian culture make a noticeable impact on Soviet popular culture and filmmaking?	209	Sodarn-Hinsane
Author Tom Holland argues that it was not our Greco-Roman western heritage that lead to liberal values, but Christianity, and that the ancient world was notably cruel. Do historians mostly agree with this stance?	209	RusticBohemian
The two Ancient Greek cities we know the most about are Athens and Sparta. We think of Sparta as the 'weird' society for being so militaristic, but do we know if Athens was actually what most Greeks would consider "normal"?	209	DavidChengYueh
Were significant generations of the 19th century or earlier culturally identified with names like we do with “Baby Boomers” and “Millennials”?	209	EloquentInterrobang
'Raiding (like the Vikings or the Mongols used to do) is actually about establishing trade routes and favorable trade conditions. It's done via the sacking of cities' - prof. Timothy Snyder in 'Making of Modern Ukraine' podcast (ep. 5). Could the historians here explaing this more in depth?	209	appleflash