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Did Roman Emperors actually believe in the existence of humanoid Gods and their myths?

1704 upvotes • RomanItalianEuropean

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Is Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" Worth Reading?

1704 upvotes • JohnStewartBestGL

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How did Celtic tribes in Gaul (around the time of 58 BCE) muster armies?

1703 upvotes • WarsongPunk

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Why were British soldiers during the First World War (of the Western Front) only permitted to load 5 Rounds in their Rifle although having the capacity of 10?

1703 upvotes • LWL_Games

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What's The Problem With The Word "Celtic"?

1703 upvotes • HachimansGhost

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Either travel to the dirty, crowded city to work 70 + hours a week in a dangerous factory or try to stay on your family farm, only to be driven from the land by increasingly efficient machines and consolidated ownership. Was life during the industrial revolution this grim?

1703 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Lincoln didn’t appear on the ballot of ten slave states in 1860. Was this unconstitutional at the time? If not, what’s stopping states from doing it now?

1703 upvotes • SIRUNKLYDUNK

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I'm Dr. Nancy Reagin, author of "Re-Living the American Frontier: Western Fandoms, Reenactment, and Historical Hobbyists in Germany since 1900." Ask me anything about the history of literary fandoms and historical hobbyists!

1702 upvotes • DrNancyReagin

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Sent over here from AskReddit. How common was anal sex in America in the 1950s between straight couples? How did this fit in with the homophobic views of this era? NSFW

1701 upvotes • kittensandcardigans

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Where did our modern stereotypical image of a caveman come from, where they wear loin clothes, carry a big club, grunt, hunt sabertooth tigers, and live in a cave come from? And where does the term “caveman” originate?

1701 upvotes • DoctorProfessorTaco

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Roman Emperors actually believe in the existence of humanoid Gods and their myths?	1704	RomanItalianEuropean
Is Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" Worth Reading?	1704	JohnStewartBestGL
How did Celtic tribes in Gaul (around the time of 58 BCE) muster armies?	1703	WarsongPunk
Why were British soldiers during the First World War (of the Western Front) only permitted to load 5 Rounds in their Rifle although having the capacity of 10?	1703	LWL_Games
What's The Problem With The Word "Celtic"?	1703	HachimansGhost
Either travel to the dirty, crowded city to work 70 + hours a week in a dangerous factory or try to stay on your family farm, only to be driven from the land by increasingly efficient machines and consolidated ownership. Was life during the industrial revolution this grim?	1703	RusticBohemian
Lincoln didn’t appear on the ballot of ten slave states in 1860. Was this unconstitutional at the time? If not, what’s stopping states from doing it now?	1703	SIRUNKLYDUNK
I'm Dr. Nancy Reagin, author of "Re-Living the American Frontier: Western Fandoms, Reenactment, and Historical Hobbyists in Germany since 1900." Ask me anything about the history of literary fandoms and historical hobbyists!	1702	DrNancyReagin
Sent over here from AskReddit. How common was anal sex in America in the 1950s between straight couples? How did this fit in with the homophobic views of this era? NSFW	1701	kittensandcardigans
Where did our modern stereotypical image of a caveman come from, where they wear loin clothes, carry a big club, grunt, hunt sabertooth tigers, and live in a cave come from? And where does the term “caveman” originate?	1701	DoctorProfessorTaco