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Did Pirates get terrible sunburn & skin cancer due to overexposure to the sun?

2410 upvotes • MultipleScoregasm

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Choctaw historian Rita Laws, Ph.D, says the association we have of Native Americans with hunting and fishing is an massive exaggeration, and that the Aztec, Mayan, and Zapotec children ate 100% vegetarian diets until at least the age of ten years old. Is this factual?

2409 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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How dig Genghis Khan and his Mongolian contemporaries get fibre in their diet?

2407 upvotes • twy1122

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Why is the Black Sea coast of Turkey so conspicuously missing from so many nearby empires throughout history?

2406 upvotes • joepyeweed

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Why do Americans and British people have different terms for the same cuts of beef? What caused American and British butchery traditions to diverge?

2405 upvotes • Uberguuy

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Is it true that when asked for military aid by a neighboring state, Sparta would send one man?

2404 upvotes • billames

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In A Song of Ice and Fire Jaime Lannister talks often about how much he hates archers, calling them cowards for fighting at range. Was this sentiment shared by real knights?

2403 upvotes • TehBigD97

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It is often claimed that George V was euthanised in part so that he would die in time for the morning newspapers to report on his death. How much truth is there to this claim?

2402 upvotes • DuBois41st

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In the 1519 election the viable candidates for Holy Roman Emperor were the King of England, the King of France, and the King of Spain, none of whom spoke German. Was this a particularly strange election for the empire, and if so, why was it so strange?

2401 upvotes • mrsaturdaypants

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I'm a Native American in the eastern US c. 1500. What Geographic Knowledge do I have? Would I be aware of the Rockies? The Pacific? Mesoamerican Civilizations?

2401 upvotes • echoGroot

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Pirates get terrible sunburn & skin cancer due to overexposure to the sun?	2410	MultipleScoregasm
Choctaw historian Rita Laws, Ph.D, says the association we have of Native Americans with hunting and fishing is an massive exaggeration, and that the Aztec, Mayan, and Zapotec children ate 100% vegetarian diets until at least the age of ten years old. Is this factual?	2409	RusticBohemian
How dig Genghis Khan and his Mongolian contemporaries get fibre in their diet?	2407	twy1122
Why is the Black Sea coast of Turkey so conspicuously missing from so many nearby empires throughout history?	2406	joepyeweed
Why do Americans and British people have different terms for the same cuts of beef? What caused American and British butchery traditions to diverge?	2405	Uberguuy
Is it true that when asked for military aid by a neighboring state, Sparta would send one man?	2404	billames
In A Song of Ice and Fire Jaime Lannister talks often about how much he hates archers, calling them cowards for fighting at range. Was this sentiment shared by real knights?	2403	TehBigD97
It is often claimed that George V was euthanised in part so that he would die in time for the morning newspapers to report on his death. How much truth is there to this claim?	2402	DuBois41st
In the 1519 election the viable candidates for Holy Roman Emperor were the King of England, the King of France, and the King of Spain, none of whom spoke German. Was this a particularly strange election for the empire, and if so, why was it so strange?	2401	mrsaturdaypants
I'm a Native American in the eastern US c. 1500. What Geographic Knowledge do I have? Would I be aware of the Rockies? The Pacific? Mesoamerican Civilizations?	2401	echoGroot