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What were restaurants like in the USSR ?

1936 upvotes • Gomunis-Prime

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Is there any evidence of a drunk telegram, similar to the drunk texts that we all send and regret?

1935 upvotes • zdelamont

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When did the Amish first start being known for their rejection of technology? How were they viewed differently in the previous centuries?

1935 upvotes • ahoyaboy

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NSFW. How did prostitutes in brothels non get pregnant during medieval times? NSFW

1935 upvotes • Neonhy

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Catholic Church's celibacy police is said to have began in the 11th century. So why nobody talks about the church father's wives?

1935 upvotes • zimotic

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How far back in time would I need to go before seeing a doctor would be a bad idea rather than a good one?

1934 upvotes • wdtpw

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Did the Soviet Union have a "middle class" like the West? If yes, then how well did they live and did they support Socialism?

1934 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Did the generations before us also live with a sense of impending doom and despair about the future or did optimism mostly prevail?

1934 upvotes • contessamiau

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Did Victor Hugo really sleep with so many women, that all the brothels in Paris were closed because so many prostitutes were mourning his death?

1933 upvotes • Glitchy99

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What exactly did Putin do in the KGB? What is the historian view about Alexander Litvinenko’s claims about Putin allegedly being involved in sex trafficking and cultivating kompromat on people in the Russian government to blackmail his way to the top?

1933 upvotes • CopeSeethePaintDry

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What were restaurants like in the USSR ?	1936	Gomunis-Prime
Is there any evidence of a drunk telegram, similar to the drunk texts that we all send and regret?	1935	zdelamont
When did the Amish first start being known for their rejection of technology? How were they viewed differently in the previous centuries?	1935	ahoyaboy
NSFW. How did prostitutes in brothels non get pregnant during medieval times? NSFW	1935	Neonhy
Catholic Church's celibacy police is said to have began in the 11th century. So why nobody talks about the church father's wives?	1935	zimotic
How far back in time would I need to go before seeing a doctor would be a bad idea rather than a good one?	1934	wdtpw
Did the Soviet Union have a "middle class" like the West? If yes, then how well did they live and did they support Socialism?	1934	Shashank1000
Did the generations before us also live with a sense of impending doom and despair about the future or did optimism mostly prevail?	1934	contessamiau
Did Victor Hugo really sleep with so many women, that all the brothels in Paris were closed because so many prostitutes were mourning his death?	1933	Glitchy99
What exactly did Putin do in the KGB? What is the historian view about Alexander Litvinenko’s claims about Putin allegedly being involved in sex trafficking and cultivating kompromat on people in the Russian government to blackmail his way to the top?	1933	CopeSeethePaintDry