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A Brief Announcement from the Modteam

902 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Suppose I'm a solider on the western front during WWI and I want to surrender/defect to the other side. Did this happen? How would I go about it?

902 upvotes • TobyTheRobot

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Why was cleavage fashionable during eras where a woman's modesty was otherwise really important?

902 upvotes • OtterColleen

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"the Spaniards had abducted and raped many women in Cuzco, including princesses, noblewomen and priestesses... they left no one single women or sister unviolated". Was this the norm in European warfare at the time, or were the Spanish a uniquely rape obsessed culture? NSFW

902 upvotes • Tatem1961

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How did native Floridians handle mosquitos?

901 upvotes • AlaskaWilliams

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Ethiopia and Nubia were two of the world's oldest Christian nation. What were their involvement in the Crusades?

901 upvotes • squishyspine69

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How long did it take for Americans to lose their English accents?

901 upvotes • Nature_Bum

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Most Americans learn about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Bay Colony early in elementary school, and only later learn about earlier settlements such as Jamestown. Is this because someone influential explicitly decided to emphasize the Pilgrims over other early American settlers, and if so, why?

900 upvotes • wulfrickson

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The Aztecs had "Ahuianis", women entertainers described as very similar to Japanese Geishas. What exactly was life like for these Aztec "Geishas" and do they have the same misinterpretation from modern people as Geishas did?

900 upvotes • 9Wind

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What was so significant about a two-week period that it got its own English word, "fortnight"?

899 upvotes • shakerLife

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
A Brief Announcement from the Modteam	902	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Suppose I'm a solider on the western front during WWI and I want to surrender/defect to the other side. Did this happen? How would I go about it?	902	TobyTheRobot
Why was cleavage fashionable during eras where a woman's modesty was otherwise really important?	902	OtterColleen
"the Spaniards had abducted and raped many women in Cuzco, including princesses, noblewomen and priestesses... they left no one single women or sister unviolated". Was this the norm in European warfare at the time, or were the Spanish a uniquely rape obsessed culture? NSFW	902	Tatem1961
How did native Floridians handle mosquitos?	901	AlaskaWilliams
Ethiopia and Nubia were two of the world's oldest Christian nation. What were their involvement in the Crusades?	901	squishyspine69
How long did it take for Americans to lose their English accents?	901	Nature_Bum
Most Americans learn about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Bay Colony early in elementary school, and only later learn about earlier settlements such as Jamestown. Is this because someone influential explicitly decided to emphasize the Pilgrims over other early American settlers, and if so, why?	900	wulfrickson
The Aztecs had "Ahuianis", women entertainers described as very similar to Japanese Geishas. What exactly was life like for these Aztec "Geishas" and do they have the same misinterpretation from modern people as Geishas did?	900	9Wind
What was so significant about a two-week period that it got its own English word, "fortnight"?	899	shakerLife