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Why are white people often referred to as Caucasian?

2539 upvotes • Quifftopher

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In the Middle Ages women were considered temptresses and more prone to induce sexual desire. Nowadays there is the stereotype that men only think about sex. Why is so?

2539 upvotes • agostino24

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In the early days of seafaring exploration, when news/maps travelled more slowly, did places often get "discovered" twice by Europeans? How were disputes handled/resolved?

2539 upvotes • Rome_Leader

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The claim that the CIA funded the Taliban in the 1980s to fight against the USSR is often repeated, but is it actually factually accurate? How much of it is true?

2539 upvotes • [deleted]

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Would Macbeth audiences have considered Scotland to be an exotic location?

2537 upvotes • henry_fords_ghost

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How did so many different countries come to converge on a higher education system that universally offered Master's degrees and PhDs?

2537 upvotes • aerovistae

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Native Americans were revolted by European people's smell.

2537 upvotes • AdGlittering5796

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Raskolnikov lived in a flat with "dinner and maid" service. He was a poor ex-student with no money. Were these kinds of rental arrangements common in 1860s St. Petersburg?

2537 upvotes • ApostleIsrafel

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In Total War: Napoleon, it says that " as always, an enemy in control of the Low Countries is enough to scare London", what advantages did the Low Countries provide against Britain? Is this just gaming fluff to sound cool?

2536 upvotes • Necrocreature

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Indonesia has a long history of a third gender known as “waria,” that today is often compared to being transgender. Is there a similar historic precedent for male-male or female-female romantic/sexual expression in early Indonesian cultures?

2536 upvotes • KrautCrumpet

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are white people often referred to as Caucasian?	2539	Quifftopher
In the Middle Ages women were considered temptresses and more prone to induce sexual desire. Nowadays there is the stereotype that men only think about sex. Why is so?	2539	agostino24
In the early days of seafaring exploration, when news/maps travelled more slowly, did places often get "discovered" twice by Europeans? How were disputes handled/resolved?	2539	Rome_Leader
The claim that the CIA funded the Taliban in the 1980s to fight against the USSR is often repeated, but is it actually factually accurate? How much of it is true?	2539	[deleted]
Would Macbeth audiences have considered Scotland to be an exotic location?	2537	henry_fords_ghost
How did so many different countries come to converge on a higher education system that universally offered Master's degrees and PhDs?	2537	aerovistae
Native Americans were revolted by European people's smell.	2537	AdGlittering5796
Raskolnikov lived in a flat with "dinner and maid" service. He was a poor ex-student with no money. Were these kinds of rental arrangements common in 1860s St. Petersburg?	2537	ApostleIsrafel
In Total War: Napoleon, it says that " as always, an enemy in control of the Low Countries is enough to scare London", what advantages did the Low Countries provide against Britain? Is this just gaming fluff to sound cool?	2536	Necrocreature
Indonesia has a long history of a third gender known as “waria,” that today is often compared to being transgender. Is there a similar historic precedent for male-male or female-female romantic/sexual expression in early Indonesian cultures?	2536	KrautCrumpet