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I'm a perversely wealthy Roman patrician and the year is 125. What luxuries do I have that the poor and ignoble do not?

482 upvotes • hudsonattar

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I'm a British citizen in London during the Revolutionary War, how much do I know about what is going on?

482 upvotes • NotARandomNumber

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Was "tarring and feathering" fatal? And where in the world was it most often done?

482 upvotes • MonsieurPatate

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What's the history of the half-shaved head hairstyle in the punk scene?

482 upvotes • psychwardpuzzles

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According to myth, Theseus, the founder of Athens, fought a bull-headed monster in a labyrinth under the island of Crete. The Minoan civilization, based out of Crete, seems to have worshiped bulls, or at least saw bulls as important symbols. Are these things related?

482 upvotes • Momojo

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What led to Kennith Starr asking Bill Clinton under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky in the first place? Wasn't this completely outside the scope of his investigation into the Whitewater real estate scandal?

482 upvotes • ChairmanGoodchild

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In The Stranger, a white Frenchman kills an Algerian Arab. He is punished to the full extent of the law. Is this a realistic in French Algeria?

482 upvotes • Borsevik

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I have had Chinese people tell me that Tibetan Lamas were traditionally violent, and some would murder peasants and,make objects out of their skin. Is this as baseless as it seems? Is there any historical reason for such negative impressions of Tibetan buddhism in China?

482 upvotes • LordSomething

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How did the "The Tank Man" pictures make it ti the west? What happened to the photographers?

482 upvotes • Mesha8

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Has awkwardness always been a human trait? What was awkward 100 years ago? 500 years ago? 1,000 years ago?

482 upvotes • kamasoIa

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I'm a perversely wealthy Roman patrician and the year is 125. What luxuries do I have that the poor and ignoble do not?	482	hudsonattar
I'm a British citizen in London during the Revolutionary War, how much do I know about what is going on?	482	NotARandomNumber
Was "tarring and feathering" fatal? And where in the world was it most often done?	482	MonsieurPatate
What's the history of the half-shaved head hairstyle in the punk scene?	482	psychwardpuzzles
According to myth, Theseus, the founder of Athens, fought a bull-headed monster in a labyrinth under the island of Crete. The Minoan civilization, based out of Crete, seems to have worshiped bulls, or at least saw bulls as important symbols. Are these things related?	482	Momojo
What led to Kennith Starr asking Bill Clinton under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky in the first place? Wasn't this completely outside the scope of his investigation into the Whitewater real estate scandal?	482	ChairmanGoodchild
In The Stranger, a white Frenchman kills an Algerian Arab. He is punished to the full extent of the law. Is this a realistic in French Algeria?	482	Borsevik
I have had Chinese people tell me that Tibetan Lamas were traditionally violent, and some would murder peasants and,make objects out of their skin. Is this as baseless as it seems? Is there any historical reason for such negative impressions of Tibetan buddhism in China?	482	LordSomething
How did the "The Tank Man" pictures make it ti the west? What happened to the photographers?	482	Mesha8
Has awkwardness always been a human trait? What was awkward 100 years ago? 500 years ago? 1,000 years ago?	482	kamasoIa