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I'm a typical college student in America and I'm going to a party. What should I expect if I was in the 1920s, 40s, 60s and 80s? What were the differences/similarities?

1108 upvotes • optiplex9000

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Were the early Romans mentioned at all by Greek authors prior to their rise to prominence?

1108 upvotes • AttalusPius

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Why is Left and Right a durable label for liberal and conservative?

1108 upvotes • AManAPlanACanalErie

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Was cunnilingus a common practice in the mid-1700s? NSFW

1107 upvotes • BeraldGevins

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What happened to all of the Napoleonic-era cannonballs?

1107 upvotes • DarkJedi22

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What is the current consensus on Roger Ekirch’s whole First Sleep and Second Sleep hypothesis about how pre-modern humans apparently slept in two periods with a segment of activity in between?

1107 upvotes • MaxAugust

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Was there a age limit to watch the games in the Colosseum in rome?

1105 upvotes • DayT

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Why did the senators decide to kill Julius Caesar, when rulership transfered straight to his heir Augustus and initiated the reign the emperors? Did the senate fundamentally over-estimate their power, or was the decision made with knowledge of it's probable failure to secure their power?

1105 upvotes • french_commander

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Since mechanical locks weren't perfected until the 1800's, how did people before then protect their homes and nice things?

1105 upvotes • FricasseeingRabbit

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I remember hearing that in medieval Christian Europe, sexual activity (especially premarital sexual activity) among the general population was much more pronounced than the Christian ideal. Was the same true in medieval Islamic cultures, especially the Umayyads? NSFW

1105 upvotes • apophis-pegasus

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I'm a typical college student in America and I'm going to a party. What should I expect if I was in the 1920s, 40s, 60s and 80s? What were the differences/similarities?	1108	optiplex9000
Were the early Romans mentioned at all by Greek authors prior to their rise to prominence?	1108	AttalusPius
Why is Left and Right a durable label for liberal and conservative?	1108	AManAPlanACanalErie
Was cunnilingus a common practice in the mid-1700s? NSFW	1107	BeraldGevins
What happened to all of the Napoleonic-era cannonballs?	1107	DarkJedi22
What is the current consensus on Roger Ekirch’s whole First Sleep and Second Sleep hypothesis about how pre-modern humans apparently slept in two periods with a segment of activity in between?	1107	MaxAugust
Was there a age limit to watch the games in the Colosseum in rome?	1105	DayT
Why did the senators decide to kill Julius Caesar, when rulership transfered straight to his heir Augustus and initiated the reign the emperors? Did the senate fundamentally over-estimate their power, or was the decision made with knowledge of it's probable failure to secure their power?	1105	french_commander
Since mechanical locks weren't perfected until the 1800's, how did people before then protect their homes and nice things?	1105	FricasseeingRabbit
I remember hearing that in medieval Christian Europe, sexual activity (especially premarital sexual activity) among the general population was much more pronounced than the Christian ideal. Was the same true in medieval Islamic cultures, especially the Umayyads? NSFW	1105	apophis-pegasus