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You can make wine from pretty wide range of plants, is there a particular reason nothing else did as well as wine made from grapes?

1204 upvotes • grapp

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Is the Voynich manuscript more likely to be a forgery or the product of a forgotten medieval European ethnic group that left no other record?

1204 upvotes • Saint_Nitouche

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Why did men during the Civil War era wear their jacket with only the top one or two buttons closed?

1204 upvotes • Laubster01

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Which medieval castles were the hardest to besiege and what key defensive features did they have?

1203 upvotes • Hadrron

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If Robin Hood were real and were to host a feast in Sherwood Forest what kind of cheese would he have had and bread also?

1203 upvotes • TheKoi

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Megathread: Roe v. Wade and abortion in America

1203 upvotes • EdHistory101

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Why were Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria painted wearing crowns, while no kings before or after them wore crowns in their portraits? Why is it so rare for kings to wear crowns in their portraits?

1203 upvotes • Logan_Maddox

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Did the Romans believe in ghosts, and would their idea of a ghost be similar to ours?

1202 upvotes • LieBaron

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I grew up in the nineties, with parents who believed conspiracy theories and with a father in a prominent white supremacist terrorist group. I recently began to look more into the roots of that movement. I have questions about "The Order", McVeigh, and the modern militia/sovereign citizen movement.

1202 upvotes • [deleted]

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When people spoke in a formal way in the past, was it actually formal? Or did it feel casual to them?

1202 upvotes • wagwanboy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
You can make wine from pretty wide range of plants, is there a particular reason nothing else did as well as wine made from grapes?	1204	grapp
Is the Voynich manuscript more likely to be a forgery or the product of a forgotten medieval European ethnic group that left no other record?	1204	Saint_Nitouche
Why did men during the Civil War era wear their jacket with only the top one or two buttons closed?	1204	Laubster01
Which medieval castles were the hardest to besiege and what key defensive features did they have?	1203	Hadrron
If Robin Hood were real and were to host a feast in Sherwood Forest what kind of cheese would he have had and bread also?	1203	TheKoi
Megathread: Roe v. Wade and abortion in America	1203	EdHistory101
Why were Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria painted wearing crowns, while no kings before or after them wore crowns in their portraits? Why is it so rare for kings to wear crowns in their portraits?	1203	Logan_Maddox
Did the Romans believe in ghosts, and would their idea of a ghost be similar to ours?	1202	LieBaron
I grew up in the nineties, with parents who believed conspiracy theories and with a father in a prominent white supremacist terrorist group. I recently began to look more into the roots of that movement. I have questions about "The Order", McVeigh, and the modern militia/sovereign citizen movement.	1202	[deleted]
When people spoke in a formal way in the past, was it actually formal? Or did it feel casual to them?	1202	wagwanboy