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How did people of lower classes "court" in the past(middle ages - 1900s)?

147 upvotes • DJDuds

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My grandfather was a POW in Russia. How were his living conditions? What did he do all day? Why was he only released in late 1947?

147 upvotes • random9error

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Do we have any evidence that the ancient Indian epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc) could be based in reality?

147 upvotes • premeddit

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Did the year 666AD cause any Christians to fear that that year would signal Armageddon?

147 upvotes • Cork-Lad

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How powerful were the Zulus militarily? Did they adapt to the British?

147 upvotes • ecksdeecolonthree

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A 1918 Sears catalog states to respect "a strong and growing public sentiment" handguns would be sold only to "policemen, sheriffs, deputies, marshals, game wardens, express and bank messengers and officers of the militia and national guard". What caused this public sentiment? When did it change?

147 upvotes • afronaut

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After the failed German revolutions of 1848/1849 many revolutionaries fled to America. Were the political expectations of the Forty-Eighters fulfilled and how much did they influence their new country politically?

147 upvotes • impressivus

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All languages are roughly translatable to one another. Like English to Greek, or Spanish to Persian. What was the process for originally translating different languages such as English and Persian? How did we find out what letter or word was the equivalent to one another in the different languages?

147 upvotes • DapperMan12

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In the 1800's the world went from about ~6000 years old to over millions and millions of years old. How did the general population of Europe react to this news?

147 upvotes • Venne1139

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How long would Louis XIV have had to stand still when his portrait got done?

147 upvotes • Kappaccino0

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did people of lower classes "court" in the past(middle ages - 1900s)?	147	DJDuds
My grandfather was a POW in Russia. How were his living conditions? What did he do all day? Why was he only released in late 1947?	147	random9error
Do we have any evidence that the ancient Indian epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc) could be based in reality?	147	premeddit
Did the year 666AD cause any Christians to fear that that year would signal Armageddon?	147	Cork-Lad
How powerful were the Zulus militarily? Did they adapt to the British?	147	ecksdeecolonthree
A 1918 Sears catalog states to respect "a strong and growing public sentiment" handguns would be sold only to "policemen, sheriffs, deputies, marshals, game wardens, express and bank messengers and officers of the militia and national guard". What caused this public sentiment? When did it change?	147	afronaut
After the failed German revolutions of 1848/1849 many revolutionaries fled to America. Were the political expectations of the Forty-Eighters fulfilled and how much did they influence their new country politically?	147	impressivus
All languages are roughly translatable to one another. Like English to Greek, or Spanish to Persian. What was the process for originally translating different languages such as English and Persian? How did we find out what letter or word was the equivalent to one another in the different languages?	147	DapperMan12
In the 1800's the world went from about ~6000 years old to over millions and millions of years old. How did the general population of Europe react to this news?	147	Venne1139
How long would Louis XIV have had to stand still when his portrait got done?	147	Kappaccino0