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Did the Catholic Church really have rules about sex positions during the Middle Ages? NSFW

513 upvotes • [deleted]

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When and why did humans start growing and maintaining lawns?

513 upvotes • MrIvysaur

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What didn’t make it into the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution?

513 upvotes • Adlestrop

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I was doing some research on American recipes from the 1700s, and mostly what I found is an insane number of recipes for beer... including "children's beer" and "breakfast beer." When did our modern idea that alcohol is only appropriate for certain people at certain times of day appear?

513 upvotes • ZnSaucier

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Soviet Union's GDP per capita was close to 3/4 of USA's in 1990, how could supermarkets in USSR be that bad?

513 upvotes • viwkeks

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What were Soviet children taught in their classrooms about the United States?

512 upvotes • CommieX

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To experts in Soviet espionage: why would long-term spies in the West remain loyal to the U.S.S.R.?

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What was the difference between a Greek phalanx, a Macedonian phalanx, and a Phoenecian phalanx?

512 upvotes • Commodorez

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How far away was the Roman Empire from an Industrial Revolution?

512 upvotes • Basskicker1993

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What did Germans in the 1930s think of traditional German national symbols being replaced by the swastika?

512 upvotes • WiIIiamFaulkner

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the Catholic Church really have rules about sex positions during the Middle Ages? NSFW	513	[deleted]
When and why did humans start growing and maintaining lawns?	513	MrIvysaur
What didn’t make it into the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution?	513	Adlestrop
I was doing some research on American recipes from the 1700s, and mostly what I found is an insane number of recipes for beer... including "children's beer" and "breakfast beer." When did our modern idea that alcohol is only appropriate for certain people at certain times of day appear?	513	ZnSaucier
Soviet Union's GDP per capita was close to 3/4 of USA's in 1990, how could supermarkets in USSR be that bad?	513	viwkeks
What were Soviet children taught in their classrooms about the United States?	512	CommieX
To experts in Soviet espionage: why would long-term spies in the West remain loyal to the U.S.S.R.?	512	[deleted]
What was the difference between a Greek phalanx, a Macedonian phalanx, and a Phoenecian phalanx?	512	Commodorez
How far away was the Roman Empire from an Industrial Revolution?	512	Basskicker1993
What did Germans in the 1930s think of traditional German national symbols being replaced by the swastika?	512	WiIIiamFaulkner