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Nodding for yes, shake for no

1426 upvotes • pat201921

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Where does the modern fantasy image of a wizard throwing elemental-based spells (eg. fire, lightning, ice) in battle originate from?

1426 upvotes • Myttimite

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How was Robbie Burns' "Nae Hair On'T" received by his contemporaries? NSFW

1426 upvotes • Notthezodiackiller69

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Peter James Bossy, who was convicted of "wilful and corrupt perjury" in 1830, was offered the choice of seven years' penal transportation or one hour in the pillory. How bad was the pillory that those punishments were even considered comparable?

1426 upvotes • Yaokwa

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Why did Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany think America would just ‘give up’ ?

1426 upvotes • zack_wonder2

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How do Anglosphere baby names just switch genders (ex: Leslie, Ashley)?

1424 upvotes • BeefSoupReam

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My German Meteorologist Grandfather Saved Hitler's Life. Or did he?

1423 upvotes • renlauo

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What’s the deal with people, including U.S. President Zachary Taylor, dying from eating a ‘surfeit of cherries, and what is the current theory of his cause of death?

1423 upvotes • memento_cheetoh

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Ridley Scott has made news in responding to criticism of his new film's accuracy with lines like "Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then." What makes a historical film 'good' from a historian's perspective? How can/should historians engage constructively with filmmaking?

1423 upvotes • crrpit

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Why is it that some countries use the "," and "." as a decimal point and thousandth separator while other countries use the same two symbols to represent the opposite?

1422 upvotes • carozza1

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Nodding for yes, shake for no	1426	pat201921
Where does the modern fantasy image of a wizard throwing elemental-based spells (eg. fire, lightning, ice) in battle originate from?	1426	Myttimite
How was Robbie Burns' "Nae Hair On'T" received by his contemporaries? NSFW	1426	Notthezodiackiller69
Peter James Bossy, who was convicted of "wilful and corrupt perjury" in 1830, was offered the choice of seven years' penal transportation or one hour in the pillory. How bad was the pillory that those punishments were even considered comparable?	1426	Yaokwa
Why did Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany think America would just ‘give up’ ?	1426	zack_wonder2
How do Anglosphere baby names just switch genders (ex: Leslie, Ashley)?	1424	BeefSoupReam
My German Meteorologist Grandfather Saved Hitler's Life. Or did he?	1423	renlauo
What’s the deal with people, including U.S. President Zachary Taylor, dying from eating a ‘surfeit of cherries, and what is the current theory of his cause of death?	1423	memento_cheetoh
Ridley Scott has made news in responding to criticism of his new film's accuracy with lines like "Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then." What makes a historical film 'good' from a historian's perspective? How can/should historians engage constructively with filmmaking?	1423	crrpit
Why is it that some countries use the "," and "." as a decimal point and thousandth separator while other countries use the same two symbols to represent the opposite?	1422	carozza1