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In modern times we use "Beats Per Minute" to measure heart rate and determine if it's higher or lower than normal. In the Greco-Roman world did they use a similar system to measure heart rate (i.e. beats per some unit of time) or did they rely on intuition for whether it felt too fast or slow?

775 upvotes • wx_bombadil

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When did the USA originally start using the mm/dd/yyyy format and for what reason?

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My JSTOR account runs out soon - what articles do you suggest I should download before I lose access?

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Greek cities founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, but did these colonies have any obligations, be they political, economic or military, to their founders?

774 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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What did lawyers and Judges in the USSR do when the Soviet Union fell and the laws were all changed?

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[META] Welcome to our new subscribers from r/AskReddit!

773 upvotes • Algernon_Asimov

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Did Germany receive an offer in the 90s to get Kaliningrad back?If true,why did they declined it?

773 upvotes • aragonkingofgonder

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At what point did Bohemians stop referring to themselves as Bohemians and start referring to themselves as Czechs?

773 upvotes • Althehistoryguy

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George Washington's brother married a mixed-race woman in 1743. Was this scandalous and uncommon at the time? How did the Virginia gentry react? Would this kind of marriage have been possible a century later?

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Did any Japanese try to rescue the Chinese during the Rape of Nanking and subsequent experiments? NSFW

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In modern times we use "Beats Per Minute" to measure heart rate and determine if it's higher or lower than normal. In the Greco-Roman world did they use a similar system to measure heart rate (i.e. beats per some unit of time) or did they rely on intuition for whether it felt too fast or slow?	775	wx_bombadil
When did the USA originally start using the mm/dd/yyyy format and for what reason?	774	[deleted]
My JSTOR account runs out soon - what articles do you suggest I should download before I lose access?	774	sabjopek
Greek cities founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, but did these colonies have any obligations, be they political, economic or military, to their founders?	774	EnclavedMicrostate
What did lawyers and Judges in the USSR do when the Soviet Union fell and the laws were all changed?	774	ziggymister
[META] Welcome to our new subscribers from r/AskReddit!	773	Algernon_Asimov
Did Germany receive an offer in the 90s to get Kaliningrad back?If true,why did they declined it?	773	aragonkingofgonder
At what point did Bohemians stop referring to themselves as Bohemians and start referring to themselves as Czechs?	773	Althehistoryguy
George Washington's brother married a mixed-race woman in 1743. Was this scandalous and uncommon at the time? How did the Virginia gentry react? Would this kind of marriage have been possible a century later?	773	Vladith
Did any Japanese try to rescue the Chinese during the Rape of Nanking and subsequent experiments? NSFW	773	spellbadgrammargood