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In the USA, there is a widespread (if short of universal) stigma against selling and eating veal, with cruelty to young animals often cited as the reasoning. Why doesn't this stigma/controversy exist the same way for lamb?

2633 upvotes • ProperNomenclature

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We're accustomed to changing our clothes every day. Sometimes more than once a day. How often did people change and wash their clothes in the 1700s and 1800s?

2632 upvotes • blackrose2007

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The latest Kurzgesagt video that says The Black Death was the last big global population collapse. What about the great dying in the Americas following the arrival of Europeans? Was the video wrong?

2632 upvotes • rubiscodisco

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Why don't we use exile as a punishment any more?

2631 upvotes • brewmastermonk

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Herodotus claims to have seen two partially submerged pyramids in the Lake Moeris in Egypt. Was there any serious attempt to confirm or refute this claim?

2631 upvotes • nothingincommon

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Claudius was declared emperor of Rome by being found behind a curtain after Caligula’s assassination. Given how capable he turned out to be, is it reasonable to think he had no hand in the assassination?

2631 upvotes • Rec0nSl0th

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The mayflower was neither the first nor the biggest ship of new world colonists, so why is it such an important part of settlement lore?

2631 upvotes • tnick771

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In 1931, William Keith Hancock wrote a history textbook called "Australia". One of its chapters is called "The Invasion of Australia". How come the mention of the "Invasion of Australia" became taboo in the following decades?

2630 upvotes • Real_Carl_Ramirez

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In the 1960s, Algeria was the largest wine producer in the world - delivering 1.3b L. By the 1990s, Algeria’s production fell away by over 99%. What happened?

2630 upvotes • No-Recording2937

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In Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, he mentions the New World, "with all its power and might." What was the Europe's perception of the United States in the early stages of World War II?

2628 upvotes • JosephWilliamNamath

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In the USA, there is a widespread (if short of universal) stigma against selling and eating veal, with cruelty to young animals often cited as the reasoning. Why doesn't this stigma/controversy exist the same way for lamb?	2633	ProperNomenclature
We're accustomed to changing our clothes every day. Sometimes more than once a day. How often did people change and wash their clothes in the 1700s and 1800s?	2632	blackrose2007
The latest Kurzgesagt video that says The Black Death was the last big global population collapse. What about the great dying in the Americas following the arrival of Europeans? Was the video wrong?	2632	rubiscodisco
Why don't we use exile as a punishment any more?	2631	brewmastermonk
Herodotus claims to have seen two partially submerged pyramids in the Lake Moeris in Egypt. Was there any serious attempt to confirm or refute this claim?	2631	nothingincommon
Claudius was declared emperor of Rome by being found behind a curtain after Caligula’s assassination. Given how capable he turned out to be, is it reasonable to think he had no hand in the assassination?	2631	Rec0nSl0th
The mayflower was neither the first nor the biggest ship of new world colonists, so why is it such an important part of settlement lore?	2631	tnick771
In 1931, William Keith Hancock wrote a history textbook called "Australia". One of its chapters is called "The Invasion of Australia". How come the mention of the "Invasion of Australia" became taboo in the following decades?	2630	Real_Carl_Ramirez
In the 1960s, Algeria was the largest wine producer in the world - delivering 1.3b L. By the 1990s, Algeria’s production fell away by over 99%. What happened?	2630	No-Recording2937
In Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, he mentions the New World, "with all its power and might." What was the Europe's perception of the United States in the early stages of World War II?	2628	JosephWilliamNamath