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Archeologists are always talking about "fertility symbols" created thousands of years ago. Wasn't some of it just plain old, but very crude, pornography?

1623 upvotes • stankind

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Did Pythagoras really kill his student because he proved the existence of irrational numbers?

1622 upvotes • Alpy94

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Was Thomas Edison really the "total dick" that people on the internet make him out to be?

1621 upvotes • Furious_Georgee

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How is Marquis de Lafayette viewed in present day France?

1621 upvotes • Vrek

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In the manga Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, an elderly character complains that their "propaganda filled education" never taught the younger protagonists about the horrors of Unit 731. Were the Japanese war crimes really taught in Japan at one point? If so, what changed? NSFW

1621 upvotes • UndercoverDoll49

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What caused the Lootenant/Leftenant schism between American and British English pronunciation of Lieutenant?

1621 upvotes • MonaLisaIsAPhoto

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Were long poles with hooked ends really ever used to pull people off stage if they were performing badly?

1621 upvotes • APoisonousMushroom

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Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century when he was elected in 1978. Why did the papal conclave only elect Italians during this span?

1620 upvotes • RoccoA87

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How did Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, decide who could vote and who couldn't? I tried to watch a couple of videos where their prime minister Ian Smith tried to explain the system but it's highly confusing because he said it wasn't racial. Was it based on your ethnicity, your income, etc.?

1620 upvotes • alexleaud2049

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According to the Prometheus Myth, Prometheus is sentenced by Zeus to be chained to a mountain and have his liver eaten everyday by an eagle. Did the Greek knew that the liver could grow back at this time? or was it a coincidence ?

1619 upvotes • HuitreDOleron

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Archeologists are always talking about "fertility symbols" created thousands of years ago. Wasn't some of it just plain old, but very crude, pornography?	1623	stankind
Did Pythagoras really kill his student because he proved the existence of irrational numbers?	1622	Alpy94
Was Thomas Edison really the "total dick" that people on the internet make him out to be?	1621	Furious_Georgee
How is Marquis de Lafayette viewed in present day France?	1621	Vrek
In the manga Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, an elderly character complains that their "propaganda filled education" never taught the younger protagonists about the horrors of Unit 731. Were the Japanese war crimes really taught in Japan at one point? If so, what changed? NSFW	1621	UndercoverDoll49
What caused the Lootenant/Leftenant schism between American and British English pronunciation of Lieutenant?	1621	MonaLisaIsAPhoto
Were long poles with hooked ends really ever used to pull people off stage if they were performing badly?	1621	APoisonousMushroom
Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century when he was elected in 1978. Why did the papal conclave only elect Italians during this span?	1620	RoccoA87
How did Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, decide who could vote and who couldn't? I tried to watch a couple of videos where their prime minister Ian Smith tried to explain the system but it's highly confusing because he said it wasn't racial. Was it based on your ethnicity, your income, etc.?	1620	alexleaud2049
According to the Prometheus Myth, Prometheus is sentenced by Zeus to be chained to a mountain and have his liver eaten everyday by an eagle. Did the Greek knew that the liver could grow back at this time? or was it a coincidence ?	1619	HuitreDOleron