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What are the most common inaccuracies in movies about your period?

146 upvotes • Bezant

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People often say that prostitution is the world's oldest profession. Is there any truth to this? What are the earliest records of prostitution?

146 upvotes • Thor_Odin_Son

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In the year 1900 how easily would an "average" Briton be able to recognise an American, Australian, South African etc accent? Would they know they were from abroad?

146 upvotes • Wissam24

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When people thought the Earth was flat, did they think the moon was a 2D circle in the sky?

146 upvotes • theromanianhare

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How prevalent was suicide amongst slaves in America up until slavery was outlawed?

146 upvotes • PIRANHAS_EVERYWHERE

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How did people in the Medieval and pre Medieval times trade between countries? Did they need certain documents to travel and sell their goods to other countries?

146 upvotes • AmericanChinese

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Do we know anything about Pre-Colombian New World humor?

146 upvotes • HonorInDefeat

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What would a poor teenage girl in early 1500s Portugal do for work?

146 upvotes • rhettrhett

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I always hear the " traditional " American diet is more suited to manual labor and farm work then most modern, sedentary jobs. So what did the people of the past who had more sitting-down, low activity jobs eat? What was the diet of clerks and monks and scribes and the like?

145 upvotes • The_Whelk

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Whats the truth to Che Guevara's alleged racism, homophobia, and antisemitism?

145 upvotes • eternalkerri

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What are the most common inaccuracies in movies about your period?	146	Bezant
People often say that prostitution is the world's oldest profession. Is there any truth to this? What are the earliest records of prostitution?	146	Thor_Odin_Son
In the year 1900 how easily would an "average" Briton be able to recognise an American, Australian, South African etc accent? Would they know they were from abroad?	146	Wissam24
When people thought the Earth was flat, did they think the moon was a 2D circle in the sky?	146	theromanianhare
How prevalent was suicide amongst slaves in America up until slavery was outlawed?	146	PIRANHAS_EVERYWHERE
How did people in the Medieval and pre Medieval times trade between countries? Did they need certain documents to travel and sell their goods to other countries?	146	AmericanChinese
Do we know anything about Pre-Colombian New World humor?	146	HonorInDefeat
What would a poor teenage girl in early 1500s Portugal do for work?	146	rhettrhett
I always hear the " traditional " American diet is more suited to manual labor and farm work then most modern, sedentary jobs. So what did the people of the past who had more sitting-down, low activity jobs eat? What was the diet of clerks and monks and scribes and the like?	145	The_Whelk
Whats the truth to Che Guevara's alleged racism, homophobia, and antisemitism?	145	eternalkerri