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In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes and Watson keep addressing each other by their surnames, even after decades of friendship. Was this typical etiquette in Britain at the time?

486 upvotes • Evan_Th

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What do we know about Jesus from a secular historian’s point of view?

486 upvotes • KittyScholar

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Ancient Celts allegedly feared that "the sky would fall on their heads". Is this accurate, and if so, why were they afraid of the sky falling on their heads?

486 upvotes • Real_Carl_Ramirez

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The Pacification of Scandinavia: how and when did these famously bellicose people become peaceful?

486 upvotes • jwcarpy

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On the topic of dragons, I once heard that Marco Polo reportedly wrote about seeing dragons kept as pets in China. does anyone have any information about this? is it possible there was a kimono dragon type of some kind that has long been extinct and forgotten?

486 upvotes • danceinstarlight

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Why is Aleister Crowley so well known?

486 upvotes • bulukelin

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What effect (if any) did the Crusades have on European music?

485 upvotes • [deleted]

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What did Emperor Haile Selassie think about his deification by the Rastafari movement?

485 upvotes • Koeny1

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Was the Gunpowder Plot an attempted suicide attack? Did Guy Fawkes expect to survive detonating the explosives that would have leveled the House of Lords? Were explosives sophisticated enough at the time to 'light the fuse and run'?

485 upvotes • MordorsFinest

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What did people throughout history think of the electrical shocks they occasionally felt when touching people and metal?

485 upvotes • JarkoStudios

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes and Watson keep addressing each other by their surnames, even after decades of friendship. Was this typical etiquette in Britain at the time?	486	Evan_Th
What do we know about Jesus from a secular historian’s point of view?	486	KittyScholar
Ancient Celts allegedly feared that "the sky would fall on their heads". Is this accurate, and if so, why were they afraid of the sky falling on their heads?	486	Real_Carl_Ramirez
The Pacification of Scandinavia: how and when did these famously bellicose people become peaceful?	486	jwcarpy
On the topic of dragons, I once heard that Marco Polo reportedly wrote about seeing dragons kept as pets in China. does anyone have any information about this? is it possible there was a kimono dragon type of some kind that has long been extinct and forgotten?	486	danceinstarlight
Why is Aleister Crowley so well known?	486	bulukelin
What effect (if any) did the Crusades have on European music?	485	[deleted]
What did Emperor Haile Selassie think about his deification by the Rastafari movement?	485	Koeny1
Was the Gunpowder Plot an attempted suicide attack? Did Guy Fawkes expect to survive detonating the explosives that would have leveled the House of Lords? Were explosives sophisticated enough at the time to 'light the fuse and run'?	485	MordorsFinest
What did people throughout history think of the electrical shocks they occasionally felt when touching people and metal?	485	JarkoStudios