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How did 18 and 19 century explorors deal with sunburn?

1854 upvotes • HaggerRemmington

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Is Columbus the monster people say he was?

1854 upvotes • difudo

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Of the twenty-five Einsatzgruppe commanders, a shocking fifteen of them had Ph.Ds. Why did the SS insist on having their Death Squads run by credentialed academics?

1854 upvotes • Basilikon

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Is Daphne bridgerton's total ignorance regarding sex and the male anatomy accurate to what a woman of her social standing would have known in that time period? NSFW

1854 upvotes • this_is_an_alaia

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Similar to how there are Negro Spirituals, songs sung during forced labor, are there any recordings or records of Chinese railroad workers in the west?

1853 upvotes • An_Image_Of_Mohammed

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In the UK (and I think USA) there was a change from littering being socially acceptable, to totally unacceptable during the 1970/80's. What drove this change? Why didn't it come earlier or later?

1853 upvotes • dog_solitude

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Rome’s origin story, of a town founded by criminals and vagabonds, replete with constant war and duplicitous betrayals such as the Rape of the Sabine women, sounds almost barbaric compared to the proud statesmen senators in the later Roman republic. How did the romans themselves view their origin? NSFW

1853 upvotes • badbakedpotato

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When did humans begin escorting dogs on "walks"? Did upper-class urbanized Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians have slaves walk their dogs? What about the Greeks and Romans?

1853 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Before the invention of the toothpaste/mints did people's breath just smell bad?

1852 upvotes • mahboilucas

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What does George Orwell mean when he said that "fruit juice drinkers" and "sandal-wearers" were attracted to socialism?

1851 upvotes • TheVeryGrumpyGinger

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did 18 and 19 century explorors deal with sunburn?	1854	HaggerRemmington
Is Columbus the monster people say he was?	1854	difudo
Of the twenty-five Einsatzgruppe commanders, a shocking fifteen of them had Ph.Ds. Why did the SS insist on having their Death Squads run by credentialed academics?	1854	Basilikon
Is Daphne bridgerton's total ignorance regarding sex and the male anatomy accurate to what a woman of her social standing would have known in that time period? NSFW	1854	this_is_an_alaia
Similar to how there are Negro Spirituals, songs sung during forced labor, are there any recordings or records of Chinese railroad workers in the west?	1853	An_Image_Of_Mohammed
In the UK (and I think USA) there was a change from littering being socially acceptable, to totally unacceptable during the 1970/80's. What drove this change? Why didn't it come earlier or later?	1853	dog_solitude
Rome’s origin story, of a town founded by criminals and vagabonds, replete with constant war and duplicitous betrayals such as the Rape of the Sabine women, sounds almost barbaric compared to the proud statesmen senators in the later Roman republic. How did the romans themselves view their origin? NSFW	1853	badbakedpotato
When did humans begin escorting dogs on "walks"? Did upper-class urbanized Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians have slaves walk their dogs? What about the Greeks and Romans?	1853	RusticBohemian
Before the invention of the toothpaste/mints did people's breath just smell bad?	1852	mahboilucas
What does George Orwell mean when he said that "fruit juice drinkers" and "sandal-wearers" were attracted to socialism?	1851	TheVeryGrumpyGinger