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Having a discussion with my 15 year old on the historicity of Troy, and ended up discussing the Sea Peoples. Kid is now facinated with the idea of an invading group with no known starting point. What do we know about their possible origins? Is there any new research being done?

2195 upvotes • whatcookie

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Why did the United Fruit Company use a gun on its logo?

2195 upvotes • ItsNotSomething

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Does my grandmother "count" as a holocaust survivor?

2195 upvotes • real_life_submarine

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Why do so many Ancient Greek statues have their penises removed?

2194 upvotes • blitzrain

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Floating Feature: "Share the History of Religion and Philosophy", Thus Spake Zarathustra

2194 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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How long have we tracked the 7-day week with continuity?

2194 upvotes • Fit-Let-4082

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Why did the Portuguese colonies in South America evolve into a single country (Brazil) whereas the continent's Spanish colonies broke off into nearly a dozen countries?

2193 upvotes • afineguy

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History of sex abuse — when did society start publicly acknowledging it’s wrong?

2193 upvotes • CaChica

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Is there a historical record of wealthy Catholics using servants to "interrupt" them during intercourse? NSFW

2192 upvotes • spadefoot

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What is the origin of the snowman? And more specifically, the image everyone gets in their head (carrot nose, coal eyes, etc)?

2192 upvotes • chikindiner

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Having a discussion with my 15 year old on the historicity of Troy, and ended up discussing the Sea Peoples. Kid is now facinated with the idea of an invading group with no known starting point. What do we know about their possible origins? Is there any new research being done?	2195	whatcookie
Why did the United Fruit Company use a gun on its logo?	2195	ItsNotSomething
Does my grandmother "count" as a holocaust survivor?	2195	real_life_submarine
Why do so many Ancient Greek statues have their penises removed?	2194	blitzrain
Floating Feature: "Share the History of Religion and Philosophy", Thus Spake Zarathustra	2194	Georgy_K_Zhukov
How long have we tracked the 7-day week with continuity?	2194	Fit-Let-4082
Why did the Portuguese colonies in South America evolve into a single country (Brazil) whereas the continent's Spanish colonies broke off into nearly a dozen countries?	2193	afineguy
History of sex abuse — when did society start publicly acknowledging it’s wrong?	2193	CaChica
Is there a historical record of wealthy Catholics using servants to "interrupt" them during intercourse? NSFW	2192	spadefoot
What is the origin of the snowman? And more specifically, the image everyone gets in their head (carrot nose, coal eyes, etc)?	2192	chikindiner