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Hi, I'm interested in learning more about sex workers in espionage. How did the CIA recruit and train sex workers for Operation Midnight Climax? NSFW

3604 upvotes • drsin_dinosaurwoman

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How did so many seemingly insignificant events get into the newspaper in the early 1900`s?

3603 upvotes • avandoorslaer

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[META] About how long ago did this sub start becoming heavily moderated?

3603 upvotes • LuminousDreams

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(17th/18th century) In pirate movies, you often see a singular pirate ship attack a singular transport ship. Is that realistic, or would both groups more commonly travel in convoys?

3602 upvotes • [deleted]

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According to his biographer, John Ruskin refused to sleep with his wife and eventually sought an annulment because his discovery that she (and other women) have pubic hair was so repulsive to him, was it normal for an educated Victorian man like him to be so ignorant of female anatomy?

3602 upvotes • Actaevs

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Oxford University was established c. 1096. How have applications and admission processes changed throughout these past 900+ years?

3601 upvotes • creedofwheat

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Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover's vice president, was of half Native American and half white ancestry, making him the first person of color to serve as VP. What was the public reaction to the nomination and election of a mixed-race/Native American person at this time?

3601 upvotes • tilvast

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What was sex like when most people lived in 1 room/1 bedroom homes?

3599 upvotes • GhettoOSRS

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Thank you everyone who participated in /r/HistoricalAITA for April Fools, 2020! Here is the full rundown of submissions, and more importantly, the tallying of the judgements!

3599 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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I often hear that "the Reagan administration shut down mental institutions and released the mentally ill into the streets." Is this an accurate assessment of the situation, and if not, what is the real story?

3597 upvotes • imagirlbtdubs

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Hi, I'm interested in learning more about sex workers in espionage. How did the CIA recruit and train sex workers for Operation Midnight Climax? NSFW	3604	drsin_dinosaurwoman
How did so many seemingly insignificant events get into the newspaper in the early 1900`s?	3603	avandoorslaer
[META] About how long ago did this sub start becoming heavily moderated?	3603	LuminousDreams
(17th/18th century) In pirate movies, you often see a singular pirate ship attack a singular transport ship. Is that realistic, or would both groups more commonly travel in convoys?	3602	[deleted]
According to his biographer, John Ruskin refused to sleep with his wife and eventually sought an annulment because his discovery that she (and other women) have pubic hair was so repulsive to him, was it normal for an educated Victorian man like him to be so ignorant of female anatomy?	3602	Actaevs
Oxford University was established c. 1096. How have applications and admission processes changed throughout these past 900+ years?	3601	creedofwheat
Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover's vice president, was of half Native American and half white ancestry, making him the first person of color to serve as VP. What was the public reaction to the nomination and election of a mixed-race/Native American person at this time?	3601	tilvast
What was sex like when most people lived in 1 room/1 bedroom homes?	3599	GhettoOSRS
Thank you everyone who participated in /r/HistoricalAITA for April Fools, 2020! Here is the full rundown of submissions, and more importantly, the tallying of the judgements!	3599	Georgy_K_Zhukov
I often hear that "the Reagan administration shut down mental institutions and released the mentally ill into the streets." Is this an accurate assessment of the situation, and if not, what is the real story?	3597	imagirlbtdubs