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How common was profanity and sexually crude language among American soldiers in the Second World War?

160 upvotes • CookingStew

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Googling "riots after elections" led to a number of sites (of questionable legitimacy) predicting riots at the conclusion of the US presidential race. Is there any history of riots in the US triggered by the results of a presidential election?

160 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Candles for lighting. In movies there's always a million lit candles everywhere. Was their use really common at all? Especially for common people?

160 upvotes • armyofBEErobots

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In which language did the world leaders in Paris Peace Conference of 1919 talk to each other?

160 upvotes • Curiouslyafraidguy

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Why is it that the eastern coast of Russia has been left largely undeveloped?

160 upvotes • gggregory

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My comparative constitutional law textbook mentioned the Iroquois Confederacy was an important influence on how the American government was structured. Is this true? If so, how widespread was knowledge of Native American political systems among the Thirteen Colonies in the 1700s?

160 upvotes • Xtacles

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In the James Bond film "Goldeneye," Russian General Ourumov blames his own attack on a satellite in Severnaya on "Siberian separatists." Were there such separatists in post-Communist Russia?

160 upvotes • mrpeabodyscoaltrain

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In reality, how absolute was the rule of medieval kings? Could they -- hypothetically -- just go around beheading random peasants? Or nobility?

160 upvotes • cincilator

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I was reading the Fagles translation of The Odyssey and it mentions Poseidon being absent from Olympus because he went to visit the Ethiopans who were having some sort of festival or sacrifice for him. What were the Greeks' relations with the Ethiopians?

160 upvotes • pcoppi

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Why was there such a widespread "concern" about masturbation in the 1800's to mid-1900's? NSFW

160 upvotes • vanpunke666

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How common was profanity and sexually crude language among American soldiers in the Second World War?	160	CookingStew
Googling "riots after elections" led to a number of sites (of questionable legitimacy) predicting riots at the conclusion of the US presidential race. Is there any history of riots in the US triggered by the results of a presidential election?	160	Notmiefault
Candles for lighting. In movies there's always a million lit candles everywhere. Was their use really common at all? Especially for common people?	160	armyofBEErobots
In which language did the world leaders in Paris Peace Conference of 1919 talk to each other?	160	Curiouslyafraidguy
Why is it that the eastern coast of Russia has been left largely undeveloped?	160	gggregory
My comparative constitutional law textbook mentioned the Iroquois Confederacy was an important influence on how the American government was structured. Is this true? If so, how widespread was knowledge of Native American political systems among the Thirteen Colonies in the 1700s?	160	Xtacles
In the James Bond film "Goldeneye," Russian General Ourumov blames his own attack on a satellite in Severnaya on "Siberian separatists." Were there such separatists in post-Communist Russia?	160	mrpeabodyscoaltrain
In reality, how absolute was the rule of medieval kings? Could they -- hypothetically -- just go around beheading random peasants? Or nobility?	160	cincilator
I was reading the Fagles translation of The Odyssey and it mentions Poseidon being absent from Olympus because he went to visit the Ethiopans who were having some sort of festival or sacrifice for him. What were the Greeks' relations with the Ethiopians?	160	pcoppi
Why was there such a widespread "concern" about masturbation in the 1800's to mid-1900's? NSFW	160	vanpunke666