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If the word "vagina" was originally used as a Latin slang word, then what was the proper Latin word they used for that same area?

984 upvotes • IThinkErgoIAmAbe

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What is the happiest story from history you have encountered in your research? | Floating Feature

984 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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How did the default "ding dong" (descending major third) doorbell sound develop and become so commonplace?

984 upvotes • OffsidesLikeWorf

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In the original it never said Humpty Dumpty was an egg, so where does the egg part come from?

983 upvotes • wanted876y

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To what extent was Ireland’s experience under British rule more oppressive than Scotland’s?

983 upvotes • croma0910

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How did North Africa go from being one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest regions to a regional backwater?

982 upvotes • YadilohTruc

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What was the extent of a peasant's knowledge in medieval England?

982 upvotes • Evolutionary_Mishap

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Why did the Nazis pick the swastika as the symbol for their party?

981 upvotes • negativetension

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When did Plato's allegory of the cave become so popular?

981 upvotes • the_ocalhoun

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If Australia was originally an English colony of prisoners, was the gender ratio skewed?

981 upvotes • DoggoFights

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If the word "vagina" was originally used as a Latin slang word, then what was the proper Latin word they used for that same area?	984	IThinkErgoIAmAbe
What is the happiest story from history you have encountered in your research? \| Floating Feature	984	Georgy_K_Zhukov
How did the default "ding dong" (descending major third) doorbell sound develop and become so commonplace?	984	OffsidesLikeWorf
In the original it never said Humpty Dumpty was an egg, so where does the egg part come from?	983	wanted876y
To what extent was Ireland’s experience under British rule more oppressive than Scotland’s?	983	croma0910
How did North Africa go from being one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest regions to a regional backwater?	982	YadilohTruc
What was the extent of a peasant's knowledge in medieval England?	982	Evolutionary_Mishap
Why did the Nazis pick the swastika as the symbol for their party?	981	negativetension
When did Plato's allegory of the cave become so popular?	981	the_ocalhoun
If Australia was originally an English colony of prisoners, was the gender ratio skewed?	981	DoggoFights