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Were all pre-modern societies religious or is there any evidence for a historical lack of religion in a particular society/nation?

159 upvotes • Shazz91

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Why do English judges and barristers wear wigs? Does it date to the beginnings of the British legal system, as currently constructed? If not, why did they hang on to the tradition when it otherwise fell out if favor in the general public?

159 upvotes • td4999

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I'm a French guy born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1860. How will this affect my life having to live in a place, whose owner gets constantly switched till 1945?

159 upvotes • Bro_c0ly

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Could a modern day Spanish speaker have a conversation with Hernán Cortés in 1519?

159 upvotes • banedon

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The University of Texas massacre in 1966 was the deadliest mass public shooting in US when it occurred. Was there contentious debates on gun policy and civilian firearm ownership like today in the aftermath of shooting?

159 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Why did the Irish, Italian and Russian immigrants to America develop organised mobs while other European immigrants like the Germans, Greeks, Poles and Scandanavians did not?

159 upvotes • irishmickguard

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Numerous civilisations built square-based pyramids. Why did no-one build tetrahedral pyramids?

159 upvotes • OreoObserver

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How true is it, that after the Battle of Monte Cassino in WW2, the French Army gave their colonial troops free reign for 48 hours to do as they wish without punishment, resulting in thousands of rapes and murders in Central Italy?

159 upvotes • Jyamira

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To what extent did ancient Romans study their own perspective of ancient civilizations?

159 upvotes • Aerocity

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Lots of media depict Nazi officers as able to execute their subordinates on a whim, and no repercussions would happen. How true was this in real life, if at all?

159 upvotes • TerminusFox

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were all pre-modern societies religious or is there any evidence for a historical lack of religion in a particular society/nation?	159	Shazz91
Why do English judges and barristers wear wigs? Does it date to the beginnings of the British legal system, as currently constructed? If not, why did they hang on to the tradition when it otherwise fell out if favor in the general public?	159	td4999
I'm a French guy born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1860. How will this affect my life having to live in a place, whose owner gets constantly switched till 1945?	159	Bro_c0ly
Could a modern day Spanish speaker have a conversation with Hernán Cortés in 1519?	159	banedon
The University of Texas massacre in 1966 was the deadliest mass public shooting in US when it occurred. Was there contentious debates on gun policy and civilian firearm ownership like today in the aftermath of shooting?	159	Shashank1000
Why did the Irish, Italian and Russian immigrants to America develop organised mobs while other European immigrants like the Germans, Greeks, Poles and Scandanavians did not?	159	irishmickguard
Numerous civilisations built square-based pyramids. Why did no-one build tetrahedral pyramids?	159	OreoObserver
How true is it, that after the Battle of Monte Cassino in WW2, the French Army gave their colonial troops free reign for 48 hours to do as they wish without punishment, resulting in thousands of rapes and murders in Central Italy?	159	Jyamira
To what extent did ancient Romans study their own perspective of ancient civilizations?	159	Aerocity
Lots of media depict Nazi officers as able to execute their subordinates on a whim, and no repercussions would happen. How true was this in real life, if at all?	159	TerminusFox