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What the heck happened in Södertälje, Sweden in 1719?

616 upvotes • hbarSquared

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I'd like to remember the REAL reason for the season... so how can my family celebrate a thoroughly authentic Saturnalia? (Or, for that matter, Yule?)

615 upvotes • grantimatter

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AMA: Late Antiquity/Early Medieval era circa 400 - 1000 CE, aka "The Dark Ages"

615 upvotes • bitparity

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In an episode of Mad Men, the characters trash a park after a picnic. Was this degree of littering common among Americans in the 1960s? When did social mores about littering change?

615 upvotes • ilikecaramelapplepop

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How dangerous was life as a WWI artilleryman?

615 upvotes • Bureaucromancer

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Were any American presidents notably fond of cooking? Did they ever prepare meals for guests when entertaining?

615 upvotes • WileECyrus

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My son's history teacher said that Jesus was not the only miracle worker active in Palestine around 0 AD. Who were the others, and why do they not have a legacy similar to that of Jesus?

615 upvotes • ask-if-im-a-parsnip

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Are there any descendants from founders of the Dutch East India Company that hold great personal wealth today as a result of their ancestors being a part of that company?

615 upvotes • George_S_Patton_III

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It is 1882 and termites are eating my newly constructed wooden house. What can I do?

615 upvotes • [deleted]

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In "A short history of the crusades" Brownworth writes that the Muslims of the Middle East/ North Africa did not consider the crusades an event of great significance but merely as historical footnotes, since few Muslim scholars wrote about the crusades. How accurate is this interpretation?

615 upvotes • Soap_MacLavish

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What the heck happened in Södertälje, Sweden in 1719?	616	hbarSquared
I'd like to remember the REAL reason for the season... so how can my family celebrate a thoroughly authentic Saturnalia? (Or, for that matter, Yule?)	615	grantimatter
AMA: Late Antiquity/Early Medieval era circa 400 - 1000 CE, aka "The Dark Ages"	615	bitparity
In an episode of Mad Men, the characters trash a park after a picnic. Was this degree of littering common among Americans in the 1960s? When did social mores about littering change?	615	ilikecaramelapplepop
How dangerous was life as a WWI artilleryman?	615	Bureaucromancer
Were any American presidents notably fond of cooking? Did they ever prepare meals for guests when entertaining?	615	WileECyrus
My son's history teacher said that Jesus was not the only miracle worker active in Palestine around 0 AD. Who were the others, and why do they not have a legacy similar to that of Jesus?	615	ask-if-im-a-parsnip
Are there any descendants from founders of the Dutch East India Company that hold great personal wealth today as a result of their ancestors being a part of that company?	615	George_S_Patton_III
It is 1882 and termites are eating my newly constructed wooden house. What can I do?	615	[deleted]
In "A short history of the crusades" Brownworth writes that the Muslims of the Middle East/ North Africa did not consider the crusades an event of great significance but merely as historical footnotes, since few Muslim scholars wrote about the crusades. How accurate is this interpretation?	615	Soap_MacLavish