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What sort of humor would be unacceptable to a 19th century audience? Do we have any edgy jokes from that period?

147 upvotes • Vladith

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Why did Chinese people sleep on porcelain pillows in the past? Wouldn't it have been awfully uncomfortable and bad for the neck?

147 upvotes • hansneijder

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The Wikipedia section about Privacy's 'history' gives the briefest mention of Aristotle before jumping straight to the information age. How old is the "expectation of privacy" as we understand it in the West? Would a Greek, Roman, or Ancient Egyptian have had a reasonable expectation of it?

147 upvotes • demuratrix

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Did John F Kennedy ever visit Rosemary Kennedy?

147 upvotes • INeedYourHelpDoc

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Why was it so much easier prior to World War 2 to invade other countries without risking your economy collapsing or severe economic embargoes?

147 upvotes • Tristan_Jay

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In GOT/ASOIAF, Robert Baratheon frequents prostitutes even after becoming King. Could a Western European monarch in the High Middle Ages do this?

147 upvotes • Rob-With-One-B

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Is there any reason to believe that Max Stirner was himself a "spook" - a fictional character created by Frederich Engels as a pseudonym to act as an ideological foil for Karl Marx?

147 upvotes • HoxhaPosadism

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Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freud apparently all lived within a few miles of each other in Vienna in 1913. Why was this and how much of a coincidence is it?

147 upvotes • Elphinstone1842

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Why didn't people move "again" after The Great Migration (USA)?

147 upvotes • ShelbyShelby2016

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Did lesbians make use of Polari?

146 upvotes • lxstvanillasmile

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What sort of humor would be unacceptable to a 19th century audience? Do we have any edgy jokes from that period?	147	Vladith
Why did Chinese people sleep on porcelain pillows in the past? Wouldn't it have been awfully uncomfortable and bad for the neck?	147	hansneijder
The Wikipedia section about Privacy's 'history' gives the briefest mention of Aristotle before jumping straight to the information age. How old is the "expectation of privacy" as we understand it in the West? Would a Greek, Roman, or Ancient Egyptian have had a reasonable expectation of it?	147	demuratrix
Did John F Kennedy ever visit Rosemary Kennedy?	147	INeedYourHelpDoc
Why was it so much easier prior to World War 2 to invade other countries without risking your economy collapsing or severe economic embargoes?	147	Tristan_Jay
In GOT/ASOIAF, Robert Baratheon frequents prostitutes even after becoming King. Could a Western European monarch in the High Middle Ages do this?	147	Rob-With-One-B
Is there any reason to believe that Max Stirner was himself a "spook" - a fictional character created by Frederich Engels as a pseudonym to act as an ideological foil for Karl Marx?	147	HoxhaPosadism
Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freud apparently all lived within a few miles of each other in Vienna in 1913. Why was this and how much of a coincidence is it?	147	Elphinstone1842
Why didn't people move "again" after The Great Migration (USA)?	147	ShelbyShelby2016
Did lesbians make use of Polari?	146	lxstvanillasmile