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Knights, princesses, dungeons, and dragons still loom large in children's pretend play. Did children of High Medieval Europe have a similar pseudohistorical analogue for their make-believe?

2289 upvotes • MadScientist22

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Warning Signs of Fascism

2289 upvotes • harrry5

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Redditors! Marvel in the glory of your new mods!

2289 upvotes • Kugelfang52

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Was life as violent as depicted in the movie "The Northman" ? NSFW

2289 upvotes • afxpy

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In WW2, around 20 million Soviet men died, leaving sex ratios skewed. What was the effect of this on everyday life, dating, marriage and fertility rates?

2288 upvotes • MagnificentCat

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Was the Byzantine Empire aware it lasted a thousand years?

2287 upvotes • IDthisguy

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After the Watergate scandal and Nixon resigned, how were the careers and reputations affected of the politicians, white house staff, etc etc, whom were found out later to be lying about the extent of Nixon's abuse of presidential power and subsequent cover-up?

2286 upvotes • tomjulio

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First Lady Ford "grabbed the press secretary, put her over her knee, and started spanking her. When she finished, [they] embraced, and everyone, the out-going President especially, was smiling." ... Why? What?

2285 upvotes • Veqq

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Were there any legitimate book reviews of Hitlers 'Mein Kampf' after its release in 1926?

2285 upvotes • luck-is-for-losers

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Did Town Criers make their announcements based on schedules or did they wait for large enough crowds?

2285 upvotes • itssixtynein

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Knights, princesses, dungeons, and dragons still loom large in children's pretend play. Did children of High Medieval Europe have a similar pseudohistorical analogue for their make-believe?	2289	MadScientist22
Warning Signs of Fascism	2289	harrry5
Redditors! Marvel in the glory of your new mods!	2289	Kugelfang52
Was life as violent as depicted in the movie "The Northman" ? NSFW	2289	afxpy
In WW2, around 20 million Soviet men died, leaving sex ratios skewed. What was the effect of this on everyday life, dating, marriage and fertility rates?	2288	MagnificentCat
Was the Byzantine Empire aware it lasted a thousand years?	2287	IDthisguy
After the Watergate scandal and Nixon resigned, how were the careers and reputations affected of the politicians, white house staff, etc etc, whom were found out later to be lying about the extent of Nixon's abuse of presidential power and subsequent cover-up?	2286	tomjulio
First Lady Ford "grabbed the press secretary, put her over her knee, and started spanking her. When she finished, [they] embraced, and everyone, the out-going President especially, was smiling." ... Why? What?	2285	Veqq
Were there any legitimate book reviews of Hitlers 'Mein Kampf' after its release in 1926?	2285	luck-is-for-losers
Did Town Criers make their announcements based on schedules or did they wait for large enough crowds?	2285	itssixtynein