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Sarah Walker of the English Collective of Prostitutes claims that there are stories the anti-slavery movement was funded in part by sex workers sending money from places like San Francisco... is there any validity to this?

437 upvotes • chekhovsfun

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[NSFW] Did people start having more oral sex after regular bathing became popular? NSFW

437 upvotes • Tweezot

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How did classical colonists (Greeks in Sicily, Phoenicians in North Africa, etc.) encourage people to move to their colonies? What were interactions with locals like?

437 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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In terms of Math and Science, Medieval Europe is often portrayed as lagging behind the Islamic world where such discourses flourished. How true is this narrative and why is it so prevalent?

437 upvotes • ShelteredTortoise

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How did Japan's obsession with cute things develop? Was this already ingrained culturally, or does it represent a newer phenomenon?

437 upvotes • Official_Soviet_Bot

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How did skinhead culture got hijacked by racists in the UK, 1970s?

437 upvotes • Elver-Galarga7

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Hollywood movies make it seem like everyone partner danced on a regular basis from the 1920s up until some point in the 1960s. How popular was dancing to music during this period? If we stopped in a small to medium-sized US town in 1940s, would we find people dancing in the evenings?

437 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why does nobody talk about America in the 1500s?

437 upvotes • BowTiePenguin007

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Rugby is the only sport in which Ireland compete as one team instead of dividing between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. Why is that and were there any problems during "The Troubles"?

437 upvotes • ownmonster3000

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How did Hitler view Napoleon?

436 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Sarah Walker of the English Collective of Prostitutes claims that there are stories the anti-slavery movement was funded in part by sex workers sending money from places like San Francisco... is there any validity to this?	437	chekhovsfun
[NSFW] Did people start having more oral sex after regular bathing became popular? NSFW	437	Tweezot
How did classical colonists (Greeks in Sicily, Phoenicians in North Africa, etc.) encourage people to move to their colonies? What were interactions with locals like?	437	10z20Luka
In terms of Math and Science, Medieval Europe is often portrayed as lagging behind the Islamic world where such discourses flourished. How true is this narrative and why is it so prevalent?	437	ShelteredTortoise
How did Japan's obsession with cute things develop? Was this already ingrained culturally, or does it represent a newer phenomenon?	437	Official_Soviet_Bot
How did skinhead culture got hijacked by racists in the UK, 1970s?	437	Elver-Galarga7
Hollywood movies make it seem like everyone partner danced on a regular basis from the 1920s up until some point in the 1960s. How popular was dancing to music during this period? If we stopped in a small to medium-sized US town in 1940s, would we find people dancing in the evenings?	437	RusticBohemian
Why does nobody talk about America in the 1500s?	437	BowTiePenguin007
Rugby is the only sport in which Ireland compete as one team instead of dividing between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. Why is that and were there any problems during "The Troubles"?	437	ownmonster3000
How did Hitler view Napoleon?	436	[deleted]