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You're transported to Victorian Britain, what would be considered "politically correct/incorrect" in both journalism and every day conversation?

948 upvotes • Thinkyt

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In the U.S. children are usually taught about the rise of civilization focusing on the fertile crescent and history classes then focus on the west. Is there a similar but opposite bias in educating children in China or do they take a broader view?

948 upvotes • JollyRabbit

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Why are almost all long-term extramarital sexual partners of significant Western figures called mistresses while non-Western figures have concubines? NSFW

948 upvotes • RuhigFliesstDerRhein

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From 1046 there were 5 German-born popes in a row. From 1261 to 1378 most popes were French. But between 1523 and 1978 all popes were Italian. Was the italification of papacy caused by the Protestant Reformation?

948 upvotes • ForgotToLogIn

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How come predominantly watching family-friendly and/or Christian media is more prevalent among Christian denominations that originated in America, especially compared elsewhere?

948 upvotes • Far_Breakfast_5808

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How did Britain manage to administer an empire that was almost constantly at war, on multiple fronts?

947 upvotes • ManwhoreB

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As an obsessed NBA fan, I can't imagine the league ever coming to an end. But it has to someday. How have other major sports in history come to an end?

947 upvotes • sqectre

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If Marco Polo was gone for 24 years, why wasn’t he presumed dead and his home sold?

946 upvotes • LoztCauze

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Why is the Transmediterranean slave trade left out of historiography despite being a considerable phenomenon ?

946 upvotes • [deleted]

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Are there any documented cases of German rank-and-file soldiers objecting to the Holocaust on moral grounds and refusing to follow orders at concentration camps, or otherwise openly challenging those crimes against humanity? If so, what happened to them?

946 upvotes • sandwiches_are_real

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
You're transported to Victorian Britain, what would be considered "politically correct/incorrect" in both journalism and every day conversation?	948	Thinkyt
In the U.S. children are usually taught about the rise of civilization focusing on the fertile crescent and history classes then focus on the west. Is there a similar but opposite bias in educating children in China or do they take a broader view?	948	JollyRabbit
Why are almost all long-term extramarital sexual partners of significant Western figures called mistresses while non-Western figures have concubines? NSFW	948	RuhigFliesstDerRhein
From 1046 there were 5 German-born popes in a row. From 1261 to 1378 most popes were French. But between 1523 and 1978 all popes were Italian. Was the italification of papacy caused by the Protestant Reformation?	948	ForgotToLogIn
How come predominantly watching family-friendly and/or Christian media is more prevalent among Christian denominations that originated in America, especially compared elsewhere?	948	Far_Breakfast_5808
How did Britain manage to administer an empire that was almost constantly at war, on multiple fronts?	947	ManwhoreB
As an obsessed NBA fan, I can't imagine the league ever coming to an end. But it has to someday. How have other major sports in history come to an end?	947	sqectre
If Marco Polo was gone for 24 years, why wasn’t he presumed dead and his home sold?	946	LoztCauze
Why is the Transmediterranean slave trade left out of historiography despite being a considerable phenomenon ?	946	[deleted]
Are there any documented cases of German rank-and-file soldiers objecting to the Holocaust on moral grounds and refusing to follow orders at concentration camps, or otherwise openly challenging those crimes against humanity? If so, what happened to them?	946	sandwiches_are_real