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From Wikipedia: "The Miracle of 1511 (Dutch: De sneeuwpoppen van 1511) was a protest in Brussels, Belgium, against the country's government, in which the locals protested by building approximately 110 satirical and pornographic snowmen." Can I please get more info and the overall context of this?

2029 upvotes • LukeInTheSkyWith

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Why are the Iliad and Odyssey the only surviving texts from the Trojan Cycle?

2029 upvotes • Darmok-on-the-Ocean

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There were a lot of subculture pseudo-theories that the moon landing was a hoax. All of them have been debunked, of course. However, did the Soviets ever have doubts? Did they have their own hoax theories about it? Did any official sources questioned it at least initially?

2028 upvotes • al0678

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Did Hitler ever personally witness any of his atrocities?

2027 upvotes • Henryplant

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Aristotle died in 322 BC, one year after the death of Alexander the Great. What were his thoughts on his former pupil's domination of the known world?

2027 upvotes • FactualNeutronStar

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What was buying groceries like in America 100 years ago?

2027 upvotes • AppleFlavouredGum

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How did the writers of the Declaration of Independence write in such straight lines on line-less paper?

2024 upvotes • pazzazi

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How did ancient cities like Rome not consume all available nearby trees for fuel?

2024 upvotes • ryeoldfashioned

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How did the life of a slave on a Caribbean sugar plantation differ from a slave on a Southern US cotton plantation?

2024 upvotes • Dragonquack

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Tsar Nicholas II had a massive tattoo of a dragon covering his whole lower forearm, which he got as a youth on a trip to Japan. Irony of a Japanese tattoo aside, what would people have thought of the Tsar with a dragon tattoo?

2024 upvotes • emptycagenowcorroded

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From Wikipedia: "The Miracle of 1511 (Dutch: De sneeuwpoppen van 1511) was a protest in Brussels, Belgium, against the country's government, in which the locals protested by building approximately 110 satirical and pornographic snowmen." Can I please get more info and the overall context of this?	2029	LukeInTheSkyWith
Why are the Iliad and Odyssey the only surviving texts from the Trojan Cycle?	2029	Darmok-on-the-Ocean
There were a lot of subculture pseudo-theories that the moon landing was a hoax. All of them have been debunked, of course. However, did the Soviets ever have doubts? Did they have their own hoax theories about it? Did any official sources questioned it at least initially?	2028	al0678
Did Hitler ever personally witness any of his atrocities?	2027	Henryplant
Aristotle died in 322 BC, one year after the death of Alexander the Great. What were his thoughts on his former pupil's domination of the known world?	2027	FactualNeutronStar
What was buying groceries like in America 100 years ago?	2027	AppleFlavouredGum
How did the writers of the Declaration of Independence write in such straight lines on line-less paper?	2024	pazzazi
How did ancient cities like Rome not consume all available nearby trees for fuel?	2024	ryeoldfashioned
How did the life of a slave on a Caribbean sugar plantation differ from a slave on a Southern US cotton plantation?	2024	Dragonquack
Tsar Nicholas II had a massive tattoo of a dragon covering his whole lower forearm, which he got as a youth on a trip to Japan. Irony of a Japanese tattoo aside, what would people have thought of the Tsar with a dragon tattoo?	2024	emptycagenowcorroded