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Were sexual fetishes widely known about or accepted in medieval times? NSFW

1369 upvotes • r3volc

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Were there people in 1992 Russia that thought the Soviet Union still existed?

1368 upvotes • PvtMarc

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Suppose I live in 1116 and I cut my hand and get an infection. How much bearing (if any) does where I live on Earth, have on my chances of survival?

1368 upvotes • grapp

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In Victorian period dramas and the like, oranges are treated as rare delights. How did the orange go from becoming a rare, expensive commodity to the ubiquitous fruit we know today?

1368 upvotes • kminola

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How did Anchorage become so much larger than any other settlements in northern North America?

1368 upvotes • Icekommander

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What quality of maps would someone like Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan have had access to, when conquering territory far outside their country's traditional sphere of influence?

1367 upvotes • houinator

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Were the first civilizations (Eridu, Ur, Uruk) aware that they were the first?

1367 upvotes • MithrandirTheIstari

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How did Japan come to produce the best beef in the world?

1367 upvotes • SaintShrink

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[WWI] What was Zimmermann thinking when he sent the infamous telegram, and then admitted publicly?

1366 upvotes • jayflying

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I recently watched a documentary that claimed there was a law in the Byzantine Empire that forbade government officials from marrying actresses and that this law was repealed so that Emperor Justinian could marry Theodora. Why would there be a law like this in the first place?

1366 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were sexual fetishes widely known about or accepted in medieval times? NSFW	1369	r3volc
Were there people in 1992 Russia that thought the Soviet Union still existed?	1368	PvtMarc
Suppose I live in 1116 and I cut my hand and get an infection. How much bearing (if any) does where I live on Earth, have on my chances of survival?	1368	grapp
In Victorian period dramas and the like, oranges are treated as rare delights. How did the orange go from becoming a rare, expensive commodity to the ubiquitous fruit we know today?	1368	kminola
How did Anchorage become so much larger than any other settlements in northern North America?	1368	Icekommander
What quality of maps would someone like Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan have had access to, when conquering territory far outside their country's traditional sphere of influence?	1367	houinator
Were the first civilizations (Eridu, Ur, Uruk) aware that they were the first?	1367	MithrandirTheIstari
How did Japan come to produce the best beef in the world?	1367	SaintShrink
[WWI] What was Zimmermann thinking when he sent the infamous telegram, and then admitted publicly?	1366	jayflying
I recently watched a documentary that claimed there was a law in the Byzantine Empire that forbade government officials from marrying actresses and that this law was repealed so that Emperor Justinian could marry Theodora. Why would there be a law like this in the first place?	1366	TueuEnSerie