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When, and how, did mint become the universal "fresh" flavouring for mouth hygiene products?

1404 upvotes • capable_duck

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Why does the term anti-Semite only apply to anti-Jewish people, when Arabs are also Semites? how did this come to apply to only one Semitic group?

1404 upvotes • MIA-in-MIA

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I just read Pride and Prejudice and I have a question: how common was to visit somebody house and treat it like a museum?

1404 upvotes • [deleted]

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How did the Fanny get turned around between Britain and America ie. the fanny pack?

1403 upvotes • JoshHendo

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In the HBO series The Gilded Age one of the old money characters quips that well brought up women don't hang out at Delmonicos. But I'd always read that the original Delmonicos was one of old New York's premiere fine dining establishments. So what exactly was this famous restaurant's reputation?

1403 upvotes • GrandMasterGush

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It's 1959 in middle-class America. My child has just been born with Down syndrome. I don't listen to the recommendation to institutionalize him. How do I raise him in a hostile social context?

1402 upvotes • vaticidalprophet

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How did Russia not know about North America before Columbus when you can see Alaska from the Eastern-most part of Russia?

1402 upvotes • Cityman

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Is it true that maternal death in childbirth spiked in the 17th century when male doctors began to take over from traditional midwives?

1402 upvotes • mynameisminho_

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What is the history behind the ubiquitous city mat for children?

1401 upvotes • DdCno1

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There are claims that there's a roughly 4-generation 80-year cycle of "great wars" in the US. If so, we're due for another 80 years after WWII. Is there much support for that?

1401 upvotes • UserNamesCantBeTooLo

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When, and how, did mint become the universal "fresh" flavouring for mouth hygiene products?	1404	capable_duck
Why does the term anti-Semite only apply to anti-Jewish people, when Arabs are also Semites? how did this come to apply to only one Semitic group?	1404	MIA-in-MIA
I just read Pride and Prejudice and I have a question: how common was to visit somebody house and treat it like a museum?	1404	[deleted]
How did the Fanny get turned around between Britain and America ie. the fanny pack?	1403	JoshHendo
In the HBO series The Gilded Age one of the old money characters quips that well brought up women don't hang out at Delmonicos. But I'd always read that the original Delmonicos was one of old New York's premiere fine dining establishments. So what exactly was this famous restaurant's reputation?	1403	GrandMasterGush
It's 1959 in middle-class America. My child has just been born with Down syndrome. I don't listen to the recommendation to institutionalize him. How do I raise him in a hostile social context?	1402	vaticidalprophet
How did Russia not know about North America before Columbus when you can see Alaska from the Eastern-most part of Russia?	1402	Cityman
Is it true that maternal death in childbirth spiked in the 17th century when male doctors began to take over from traditional midwives?	1402	mynameisminho_
What is the history behind the ubiquitous city mat for children?	1401	DdCno1
There are claims that there's a roughly 4-generation 80-year cycle of "great wars" in the US. If so, we're due for another 80 years after WWII. Is there much support for that?	1401	UserNamesCantBeTooLo