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After the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria wore only black for the rest of her life and scaled back much of her public and social duties for eleven years; this seems quite extreme. Is such behavior typical for a widow in mid-19th century Britain?

1216 upvotes • heyjarrrnold

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How accurate is the movie portrayal of "war games" with table sized maps, miniature flags and armies, and sticks to push everything around?

1216 upvotes • danthecryptkeeper

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In "The Schuyler Sisters", Angelica sings that "[she's] been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine/So men say that [she's] intense or [she's] insane". Were women reading pamphlets like Common Sense in the years leading up to the American Revolution? Or was it considered unusual?

1216 upvotes • cordis_melum

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How did women historically go bathroom when they wore giant skirts with petticoats? NSFW

1215 upvotes • BeerCzar

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I have many letters (about 90) written by Russian Admiral M. P. Lazarev around 1840 - 1850. Are they of significant historical value to someone studying Russian history?

1215 upvotes • carpentermike

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In the US, onions are the only commodity that can not be traded as a futures contract due to 1958 Onion Futures Act. Why was this restriction not repealed along with other deregulation measures of 80s and 90s? Why was onion seen as different from other commodities?

1215 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Punk is a style of music that also incorporates a socio-political ethos, and it emerged on both sides of the Atlantic around the same time; were both groups responding to the same things in the larger culture? What provoked them? How analogous were 1970s New York City and London?

1214 upvotes • td4999

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After German Reunification, what happened to the East German Army, Navy and Airforce? How much of its equipment was in use in the Bundeswehr, what happened to its soldiers and were the Generals and Admirals allowed similar posts in the Bundeswehr?

1214 upvotes • Pashahlis

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Did Jannisaries ever express anger or resentment at being taken from their families?

1214 upvotes • conbutt

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Did medieval people really believe in dragons/sea monsters or it was a just a weird belief like Aliens are today?

1214 upvotes • santinoIII

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After the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria wore only black for the rest of her life and scaled back much of her public and social duties for eleven years; this seems quite extreme. Is such behavior typical for a widow in mid-19th century Britain?	1216	heyjarrrnold
How accurate is the movie portrayal of "war games" with table sized maps, miniature flags and armies, and sticks to push everything around?	1216	danthecryptkeeper
In "The Schuyler Sisters", Angelica sings that "[she's] been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine/So men say that [she's] intense or [she's] insane". Were women reading pamphlets like Common Sense in the years leading up to the American Revolution? Or was it considered unusual?	1216	cordis_melum
How did women historically go bathroom when they wore giant skirts with petticoats? NSFW	1215	BeerCzar
I have many letters (about 90) written by Russian Admiral M. P. Lazarev around 1840 - 1850. Are they of significant historical value to someone studying Russian history?	1215	carpentermike
In the US, onions are the only commodity that can not be traded as a futures contract due to 1958 Onion Futures Act. Why was this restriction not repealed along with other deregulation measures of 80s and 90s? Why was onion seen as different from other commodities?	1215	Shashank1000
Punk is a style of music that also incorporates a socio-political ethos, and it emerged on both sides of the Atlantic around the same time; were both groups responding to the same things in the larger culture? What provoked them? How analogous were 1970s New York City and London?	1214	td4999
After German Reunification, what happened to the East German Army, Navy and Airforce? How much of its equipment was in use in the Bundeswehr, what happened to its soldiers and were the Generals and Admirals allowed similar posts in the Bundeswehr?	1214	Pashahlis
Did Jannisaries ever express anger or resentment at being taken from their families?	1214	conbutt
Did medieval people really believe in dragons/sea monsters or it was a just a weird belief like Aliens are today?	1214	santinoIII