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During the Spanish Flu was there a large amount of "antimaskers" such as today's pandemic? Or just people that didn't believe in the virus at all.

147 upvotes • JohnwickNeedshelp

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Arcadia is a byword for beautiful nature free from civilization. What was the historical Arcadia like?How ungreek were the Arcadians, and what were their lives like?

147 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Was nationalism/patriotism really an idea that just... Appeared after the French Revolution?

147 upvotes • Teerdidkya

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In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), there is a scene where native americans appear before Elizbaeth I at her court, did this actually, did any native americans arrive in England during her reign, if so who were they, and do we know what they thought of being in England?

147 upvotes • WinstonbbiswSmith

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If the original language of the Bible wasn’t Latin, why was there so much hubbub about translating the Bible into vernacular?

147 upvotes • moyofan

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I want to live off the grid in the Soviet union during the Khrushchev years, what is stopping me?

147 upvotes • Sufficient_Audience1

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What caused Hinduism to survive contact with Christianity and Islam where most other pagan and shamanistic religions went into decline not long after contact?

147 upvotes • [deleted]

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What did Japan do in the three days between the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

147 upvotes • peace-monger

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Have there been any wars in which the aggressor is considered in a more positive light than the defender by the modern west?

147 upvotes • ravagekitteh26

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In 1975, the American Psychological Association officially declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. What specific factor(s) led to this change? How did people, professionals and otherwise, react?

147 upvotes • Solarwagon

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During the Spanish Flu was there a large amount of "antimaskers" such as today's pandemic? Or just people that didn't believe in the virus at all.	147	JohnwickNeedshelp
Arcadia is a byword for beautiful nature free from civilization. What was the historical Arcadia like?How ungreek were the Arcadians, and what were their lives like?	147	RusticBohemian
Was nationalism/patriotism really an idea that just... Appeared after the French Revolution?	147	Teerdidkya
In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), there is a scene where native americans appear before Elizbaeth I at her court, did this actually, did any native americans arrive in England during her reign, if so who were they, and do we know what they thought of being in England?	147	WinstonbbiswSmith
If the original language of the Bible wasn’t Latin, why was there so much hubbub about translating the Bible into vernacular?	147	moyofan
I want to live off the grid in the Soviet union during the Khrushchev years, what is stopping me?	147	Sufficient_Audience1
What caused Hinduism to survive contact with Christianity and Islam where most other pagan and shamanistic religions went into decline not long after contact?	147	[deleted]
What did Japan do in the three days between the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?	147	peace-monger
Have there been any wars in which the aggressor is considered in a more positive light than the defender by the modern west?	147	ravagekitteh26
In 1975, the American Psychological Association officially declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. What specific factor(s) led to this change? How did people, professionals and otherwise, react?	147	Solarwagon