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The Artist/Engineer/Scientist hybrid was a surprisingly common career path in the Renaissance. What about the education or society of the era produced this broadness of mind and ability? What was in the water that created so many "Renaissance men"?

938 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Did the samoyedic people not name their women?

937 upvotes • Astrogator

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Why didn't the Vikings spread disease to the Americas?

937 upvotes • HyperChaucer

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Was anything irretrievably lost because of the Nazi book burnings?

937 upvotes • Dhugaill

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Why are sheep so prominent in the Bible, which comes from a hot Mediterranean climate?

937 upvotes • spacenegroes

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I was listening to an old interview with Paul McCartney from 1966 and he mentions that he's starting to get into Indian music for the first time, whereas before he'd hear it on radio and change the station. What types of Indian music would be on the radio in England in the 50's or 60's?

936 upvotes • nowlan101

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Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?

936 upvotes • SaintShrink

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Why do librarians choose to include pseudohistorians like Gavin Menzies and Erich von Daniken in library history sections? I know that there’s a general opposition to the specter of book-banning, but can’t they critically choose to spend their limited budgets on actual history instead?

936 upvotes • Ersatz_Okapi

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Did the assassination of JFK spark a debate about gun control, gun ownership, the second amendment, etc. in the weeks and months after his death?

935 upvotes • StephenGlansburg

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Do all historians work in academia/museums? Or are there other lesser-known career options as well?

935 upvotes • BabyMcHaggis

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Artist/Engineer/Scientist hybrid was a surprisingly common career path in the Renaissance. What about the education or society of the era produced this broadness of mind and ability? What was in the water that created so many "Renaissance men"?	938	RusticBohemian
Did the samoyedic people not name their women?	937	Astrogator
Why didn't the Vikings spread disease to the Americas?	937	HyperChaucer
Was anything irretrievably lost because of the Nazi book burnings?	937	Dhugaill
Why are sheep so prominent in the Bible, which comes from a hot Mediterranean climate?	937	spacenegroes
I was listening to an old interview with Paul McCartney from 1966 and he mentions that he's starting to get into Indian music for the first time, whereas before he'd hear it on radio and change the station. What types of Indian music would be on the radio in England in the 50's or 60's?	936	nowlan101
Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?	936	SaintShrink
Why do librarians choose to include pseudohistorians like Gavin Menzies and Erich von Daniken in library history sections? I know that there’s a general opposition to the specter of book-banning, but can’t they critically choose to spend their limited budgets on actual history instead?	936	Ersatz_Okapi
Did the assassination of JFK spark a debate about gun control, gun ownership, the second amendment, etc. in the weeks and months after his death?	935	StephenGlansburg
Do all historians work in academia/museums? Or are there other lesser-known career options as well?	935	BabyMcHaggis