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What is the history behind garden gnomes?

1888 upvotes • Mictlantecuhtli

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When big cities like London or Paris first built proper sewerage systems, was that politically controversial?

1888 upvotes • kleinfieh

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In the Canadian Prairies, winters are very long and temps can dip into in the -40s. How did Indigenous people avoid dying from exposure in these incredibly harsh conditions?

1888 upvotes • Lewd_Topiary

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What's myth and what's truth about the legend of Rasputin?

1887 upvotes • td4999

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How did jeans become the institution they are today?

1887 upvotes • Donogath

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Is that safe to assume to at least some families in the West have patrilineally maintained wealth and prestige continually from Roman times to today, even without surnames or reliable genealogies bridging across the Middle Ages? Or do historical/societal disruptions make this highly unlikely?

1886 upvotes • nehala

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In HBO's series Rome (2005), people are stunned when Caesar promotes Lucius Vorenus to senator. At this point Vorenus has served as primus pilum, praefectus evocatorum and held voted office as a magistrate. How remarkable would it have been for a man like that to become a senator?

1885 upvotes • Pulpics

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How could the Sea People have iron weapons and not the more advanced Egyptians and Hittites?

1884 upvotes • BenAzlay

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Did the first satellite pictures of earth clear up any misconceptions about the planet?

1884 upvotes • JustAHighFlyingBird

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Why does my (non-Jewish) mother use so many Yiddish words?

1884 upvotes • HealthClassic

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the history behind garden gnomes?	1888	Mictlantecuhtli
When big cities like London or Paris first built proper sewerage systems, was that politically controversial?	1888	kleinfieh
In the Canadian Prairies, winters are very long and temps can dip into in the -40s. How did Indigenous people avoid dying from exposure in these incredibly harsh conditions?	1888	Lewd_Topiary
What's myth and what's truth about the legend of Rasputin?	1887	td4999
How did jeans become the institution they are today?	1887	Donogath
Is that safe to assume to at least some families in the West have patrilineally maintained wealth and prestige continually from Roman times to today, even without surnames or reliable genealogies bridging across the Middle Ages? Or do historical/societal disruptions make this highly unlikely?	1886	nehala
In HBO's series Rome (2005), people are stunned when Caesar promotes Lucius Vorenus to senator. At this point Vorenus has served as primus pilum, praefectus evocatorum and held voted office as a magistrate. How remarkable would it have been for a man like that to become a senator?	1885	Pulpics
How could the Sea People have iron weapons and not the more advanced Egyptians and Hittites?	1884	BenAzlay
Did the first satellite pictures of earth clear up any misconceptions about the planet?	1884	JustAHighFlyingBird
Why does my (non-Jewish) mother use so many Yiddish words?	1884	HealthClassic