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Collaborative Panel AMA with r/AskBibleScholars

191 upvotes • OtherWisdom

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The spear as the typical Dragon slaying weapon? (in the west)

191 upvotes • 0mnicious

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Were public executions really the entertainment spectacle they are portrayed in media?

191 upvotes • Red_Icnivad

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The Italian region of Emilia Romagna is famous for having a very large and successful cooperative sector that is highly competitive on world markets. Are there any good reads covering their history and on how they managed to achieve that?

191 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Does Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and other "Slavic" nations share an generally overlapping mythology/folklore?

191 upvotes • Eilai

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How did medieval peasants and then early industrial workers manage to work that much and that long productively? Did they feel trapped in life or is it a modern idea associated with destruction of traditional society?

191 upvotes • just_arandomrussian

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Why is it that in the HBO show, Rome, people begged for grain, but wouldnt they need to pay to have it milled or processed? Why wasn't flour for example asked for instead?

191 upvotes • Krilesh

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Spy fiction was a pop-cultural hit in the west in the 50s/60s, often drawing on cold war fears. Was there an equivalent pop cultural phenomenon on the "other side"? Did the USSR or China have their own pulpy cold war fiction?

191 upvotes • MaxThrustage

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Many old, large cities are on equally large rivers, the coast, or both. What made Madrid the exception?

191 upvotes • mongster03_

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In "Expanded Universe" by Robert Heinlein, he reprints old essays where he cites a $250 billion figure for the cost of "redistributing" the US population to make them safe(r) from atomic war. Did the US have any serious post-WWII discussions on reorganizing US society to deal with an unwinnable war?

191 upvotes • OvidPerl

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Collaborative Panel AMA with r/AskBibleScholars	191	OtherWisdom
The spear as the typical Dragon slaying weapon? (in the west)	191	0mnicious
Were public executions really the entertainment spectacle they are portrayed in media?	191	Red_Icnivad
The Italian region of Emilia Romagna is famous for having a very large and successful cooperative sector that is highly competitive on world markets. Are there any good reads covering their history and on how they managed to achieve that?	191	Shashank1000
Does Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and other "Slavic" nations share an generally overlapping mythology/folklore?	191	Eilai
How did medieval peasants and then early industrial workers manage to work that much and that long productively? Did they feel trapped in life or is it a modern idea associated with destruction of traditional society?	191	just_arandomrussian
Why is it that in the HBO show, Rome, people begged for grain, but wouldnt they need to pay to have it milled or processed? Why wasn't flour for example asked for instead?	191	Krilesh
Spy fiction was a pop-cultural hit in the west in the 50s/60s, often drawing on cold war fears. Was there an equivalent pop cultural phenomenon on the "other side"? Did the USSR or China have their own pulpy cold war fiction?	191	MaxThrustage
Many old, large cities are on equally large rivers, the coast, or both. What made Madrid the exception?	191	mongster03_
In "Expanded Universe" by Robert Heinlein, he reprints old essays where he cites a $250 billion figure for the cost of "redistributing" the US population to make them safe(r) from atomic war. Did the US have any serious post-WWII discussions on reorganizing US society to deal with an unwinnable war?	191	OvidPerl