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Did John Rolfe's reputation suffer for marrying Pocahontas?

405 upvotes • Energy_Turtle

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Was there any backlash when Lucille Ball married Desi Arnez?

405 upvotes • Hancock02

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Why have virtually all states in the Italian region stressed an "Italian" over a "Roman" identity for the last 1500 years?

405 upvotes • AsaTJ

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Suppose you're Roman (circa AD250) boy from well to do family. How would your elders feel about you having sex with (family owned) slaves as soon you get old enough to want to (let's say 12 or 13)?

405 upvotes • grapp

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In medieval warfare, how were catapults, trebuchet sand their stones/boulders/ammunition transported? How much did they slow an army down by?

405 upvotes • Bed_Invader

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Why are dragons a part of so many different cultures?

405 upvotes • Suckmynahs

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In "I Believe" (from The Book of Mormon), Elder Price sings that "I believe that in 1978 God changed/his mind about black people." What did the Mormons believe about black people before this? What is the current stance, and why did it take so long for this stance to be official?

405 upvotes • cordis_melum

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How did medieval farmers (anywhere in the world) deal with/treat sunburn?

405 upvotes • x7he6uitar6uy

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My professor just mentioned a progressive historical view that the American revolution was initially a populist uprising, and that the Constitution and other influences by the founder father's (wealthy elites) were in some ways, an attempt at counter revolution. Is there good evidence for this?

405 upvotes • HotLiza

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Why did Semite peoples start to circumcise their sons?

405 upvotes • dhammapada186

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did John Rolfe's reputation suffer for marrying Pocahontas?	405	Energy_Turtle
Was there any backlash when Lucille Ball married Desi Arnez?	405	Hancock02
Why have virtually all states in the Italian region stressed an "Italian" over a "Roman" identity for the last 1500 years?	405	AsaTJ
Suppose you're Roman (circa AD250) boy from well to do family. How would your elders feel about you having sex with (family owned) slaves as soon you get old enough to want to (let's say 12 or 13)?	405	grapp
In medieval warfare, how were catapults, trebuchet sand their stones/boulders/ammunition transported? How much did they slow an army down by?	405	Bed_Invader
Why are dragons a part of so many different cultures?	405	Suckmynahs
In "I Believe" (from The Book of Mormon), Elder Price sings that "I believe that in 1978 God changed/his mind about black people." What did the Mormons believe about black people before this? What is the current stance, and why did it take so long for this stance to be official?	405	cordis_melum
How did medieval farmers (anywhere in the world) deal with/treat sunburn?	405	x7he6uitar6uy
My professor just mentioned a progressive historical view that the American revolution was initially a populist uprising, and that the Constitution and other influences by the founder father's (wealthy elites) were in some ways, an attempt at counter revolution. Is there good evidence for this?	405	HotLiza
Why did Semite peoples start to circumcise their sons?	405	dhammapada186