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How did long hair come to be associated with females, and short hair with males?

1482 upvotes • ynot269

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How did cavalrymen keep their spears/lances from getting stuck in the enemies they killed?

1482 upvotes • awsomesawsome

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Alexander The Great died young, but do we know anything of what his ambitions were? What was he planning to do in the rest of his life provided everything went smoothly?

1481 upvotes • ColbyStein

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The state of Arkansas was apparently originally known as the Territory of Arkansaw [sic]. Why would they have changed the spelling from Arkansaw to Arkansas despite the latter not resembling the name's pronunciation?

1481 upvotes • holytriplem

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What could you buy with 800 rubles in Russia in 1986?

1480 upvotes • blondebanshee

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How did the Inuit keep time?

1479 upvotes • DiceQuail

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How were individual SS soldiers treated by the German population? Did they get discounts, did people always say "thank you for serving", etc?

1478 upvotes • seattlenostalgia1

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Oh crap. I'm a Maya scribe and I made a mistake carving glyphs onto a wall. What are my options to fix my mistake? Is the entire wall scrapped?

1478 upvotes • Caloricfoil98

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Did the people of the British Isles refer to the Viking who plagued them as "Northmen"? I'm asking because, well, to the Brits the Vikings were coming from the east.

1478 upvotes • Jerswar

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I've read that French settlers were mostly male and took lots of Native wives. Why, then, do Quebec people have nearly insignificant Native ancestry?

1476 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did long hair come to be associated with females, and short hair with males?	1482	ynot269
How did cavalrymen keep their spears/lances from getting stuck in the enemies they killed?	1482	awsomesawsome
Alexander The Great died young, but do we know anything of what his ambitions were? What was he planning to do in the rest of his life provided everything went smoothly?	1481	ColbyStein
The state of Arkansas was apparently originally known as the Territory of Arkansaw [sic]. Why would they have changed the spelling from Arkansaw to Arkansas despite the latter not resembling the name's pronunciation?	1481	holytriplem
What could you buy with 800 rubles in Russia in 1986?	1480	blondebanshee
How did the Inuit keep time?	1479	DiceQuail
How were individual SS soldiers treated by the German population? Did they get discounts, did people always say "thank you for serving", etc?	1478	seattlenostalgia1
Oh crap. I'm a Maya scribe and I made a mistake carving glyphs onto a wall. What are my options to fix my mistake? Is the entire wall scrapped?	1478	Caloricfoil98
Did the people of the British Isles refer to the Viking who plagued them as "Northmen"? I'm asking because, well, to the Brits the Vikings were coming from the east.	1478	Jerswar
I've read that French settlers were mostly male and took lots of Native wives. Why, then, do Quebec people have nearly insignificant Native ancestry?	1476	[deleted]