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In HBO Rome there's a scene where Augustus's mother asks a slave what's for lunch. she's given several options by the slave. Is it realistic the kitchen would make her several unwanted dishes just for the sake of variety?

627 upvotes • grapp

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Soviet writer Gorky once said “Exterminate all homosexuals and fascism will vanish.” Why, from the perspective of the Soviets, was there a connection between homosexuality fascism?

627 upvotes • throwaway32241

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In the historical Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani (2015) characters use swords with blades so flexible that they look (and are used) like whips, with the metal flapping around like a rope. It's bizarre to show this in such a movie if it isn't based in reality; were Indian flappy swords a thing?

627 upvotes • fan_of_the_pikachu

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Has there ever been an instance in history in which mass protests actually stopped a government or nation from going to war?

626 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did the Romans think of their gods as Roman gods, or as gods period? (In other words: when the Romans imposed their gods on conquered peoples, was this part of how they imposed Roman supremacy? Or could one worship the Roman gods without reference to Rome -- a universal religion, like Christianity?)

626 upvotes • thefourthchipmunk

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Does the Enter the Dragon style of tournament have any basis in reality?

626 upvotes • alphetasauce

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Did the Soviets really send soldiers into WW2 battlefields that had fewer than one man per gun, expecting an unarmed soldier to pick up a gun from his fallen comrade?

626 upvotes • combuchan

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What did Soviet leaders make of the hippie movement in the West in the 1960s?

626 upvotes • KuanX

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Historically speaking, is North Korea different from South Korea? Did they have separate cultures or religions or colonial overlords before the Korean War?

626 upvotes • AnnalsPornographie

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Germany fired two million shells in just the first week during the Battle of Verdun. What was the price of an individual shell?

626 upvotes • ProbeOne

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In HBO Rome there's a scene where Augustus's mother asks a slave what's for lunch. she's given several options by the slave. Is it realistic the kitchen would make her several unwanted dishes just for the sake of variety?	627	grapp
Soviet writer Gorky once said “Exterminate all homosexuals and fascism will vanish.” Why, from the perspective of the Soviets, was there a connection between homosexuality fascism?	627	throwaway32241
In the historical Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani (2015) characters use swords with blades so flexible that they look (and are used) like whips, with the metal flapping around like a rope. It's bizarre to show this in such a movie if it isn't based in reality; were Indian flappy swords a thing?	627	fan_of_the_pikachu
Has there ever been an instance in history in which mass protests actually stopped a government or nation from going to war?	626	[deleted]
Did the Romans think of their gods as Roman gods, or as gods period? (In other words: when the Romans imposed their gods on conquered peoples, was this part of how they imposed Roman supremacy? Or could one worship the Roman gods without reference to Rome -- a universal religion, like Christianity?)	626	thefourthchipmunk
Does the Enter the Dragon style of tournament have any basis in reality?	626	alphetasauce
Did the Soviets really send soldiers into WW2 battlefields that had fewer than one man per gun, expecting an unarmed soldier to pick up a gun from his fallen comrade?	626	combuchan
What did Soviet leaders make of the hippie movement in the West in the 1960s?	626	KuanX
Historically speaking, is North Korea different from South Korea? Did they have separate cultures or religions or colonial overlords before the Korean War?	626	AnnalsPornographie
Germany fired two million shells in just the first week during the Battle of Verdun. What was the price of an individual shell?	626	ProbeOne