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What is the oldest recorded human name?

661 upvotes • wolfzalin

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How did people with terrible vision live their lives before the invention of prescription glasses?

661 upvotes • FutureRobotWordplay

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What did the wives of crusading soldiers think of their husbands raping the women of sacked cities?

661 upvotes • [deleted]

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Scandinavia was one of the few European areas that was never in control of the Roman Empire. What did Scandinavian civilizations think of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent?

661 upvotes • Tsukamori

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Why is it that the American colonies with the highest Puritan populations are now the least religious and most liberal states in the country?

661 upvotes • AndrewBot88

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Do non-Anglosphere western countries have rather different forms of BadHistory tropes?

661 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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How important was Crete in the Roman empire?

660 upvotes • Wakiem_

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Mead used to be somewhat popular in the West; now, it's almost entirely absent from alcohol consumption. What happened to make mead less popular?

660 upvotes • _This_Is_Stupid

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Does having a Norman surname mean you're directly, patrilinearly descended from Normans, or did English and Irish peasants take on their overlord's surnames?

660 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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What happened to migration patterns of whales etc during WWII when humans were blowing stuff up in the oceans?

660 upvotes • Yv3773

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the oldest recorded human name?	661	wolfzalin
How did people with terrible vision live their lives before the invention of prescription glasses?	661	FutureRobotWordplay
What did the wives of crusading soldiers think of their husbands raping the women of sacked cities?	661	[deleted]
Scandinavia was one of the few European areas that was never in control of the Roman Empire. What did Scandinavian civilizations think of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent?	661	Tsukamori
Why is it that the American colonies with the highest Puritan populations are now the least religious and most liberal states in the country?	661	AndrewBot88
Do non-Anglosphere western countries have rather different forms of BadHistory tropes?	661	The_Manchurian
How important was Crete in the Roman empire?	660	Wakiem_
Mead used to be somewhat popular in the West; now, it's almost entirely absent from alcohol consumption. What happened to make mead less popular?	660	_This_Is_Stupid
Does having a Norman surname mean you're directly, patrilinearly descended from Normans, or did English and Irish peasants take on their overlord's surnames?	660	The_Manchurian
What happened to migration patterns of whales etc during WWII when humans were blowing stuff up in the oceans?	660	Yv3773