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How did people cut their nails before the nail clipper was invented? Did they bite them? If so why is it now considered a bad habit?

927 upvotes • Munkystory

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I read that in Colonial North America, British and French women who were captured by Native Americans often chose to stay and live with them, preferring the more egalitarian gender roles in the Native Americans' society. Is there any evidence of this?

927 upvotes • atomicbolt

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Why did the Stormcloaks of Skyrim resist the banning of the worship of Talos by fighting the Imperial Legion instead of the Thalmor?

927 upvotes • GK_Zhukov

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Hypothetically, what would happen if 130 Spanish ships invaded England, like, right now? The Spanish would win, right? Please respond.

927 upvotes • DukeOfMedinaSidonia

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Before cigarettes were shown to be unhealthy what did people think the benefit/purpose of them were?

926 upvotes • WhatsUpDucky

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Found an old grave that says this woman was born in Pennsylvania then "removed" to Alabama. What does that mean?

926 upvotes • [deleted]

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The wife of the first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee was Franziska Donner, an Austrian woman. How did Korean society react to having a white person as their First Lady?

926 upvotes • Dtnoip30

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[NSFW] Have brothels ever existed where the clients weren't heterosexual males? NSFW

926 upvotes • mogrim

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I’m a Black U.S soldier stationed abroad. The military has just been desegregated. What exactly changes for me? Can I now use white latrines? How long till the barracks become desegregated?

925 upvotes • J2quared

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40 years ago how many people in the USSR would have had to agree to give the order, before they could launch a nuclear strike on the US?

924 upvotes • grapp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did people cut their nails before the nail clipper was invented? Did they bite them? If so why is it now considered a bad habit?	927	Munkystory
I read that in Colonial North America, British and French women who were captured by Native Americans often chose to stay and live with them, preferring the more egalitarian gender roles in the Native Americans' society. Is there any evidence of this?	927	atomicbolt
Why did the Stormcloaks of Skyrim resist the banning of the worship of Talos by fighting the Imperial Legion instead of the Thalmor?	927	GK_Zhukov
Hypothetically, what would happen if 130 Spanish ships invaded England, like, right now? The Spanish would win, right? Please respond.	927	DukeOfMedinaSidonia
Before cigarettes were shown to be unhealthy what did people think the benefit/purpose of them were?	926	WhatsUpDucky
Found an old grave that says this woman was born in Pennsylvania then "removed" to Alabama. What does that mean?	926	[deleted]
The wife of the first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee was Franziska Donner, an Austrian woman. How did Korean society react to having a white person as their First Lady?	926	Dtnoip30
[NSFW] Have brothels ever existed where the clients weren't heterosexual males? NSFW	926	mogrim
I’m a Black U.S soldier stationed abroad. The military has just been desegregated. What exactly changes for me? Can I now use white latrines? How long till the barracks become desegregated?	925	J2quared
40 years ago how many people in the USSR would have had to agree to give the order, before they could launch a nuclear strike on the US?	924	grapp