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Did medieval people celebrate their birthdays? Did they know them?

389 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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Did any Roman senatorial aristocratic families survive into the Carolingian period and later/ how many aristocratic families in Southern France and Italy in, say, the 11th century would have been directly descended from ancient Roman noble families?

389 upvotes • reproachableknight

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Did Pontic Steppe nomads use the friction of their horses to 'cook' meat?

389 upvotes • Uyayna

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Why did no European power colonize Korea?

389 upvotes • belayble

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Did anybody notice when different dialects of Latin became mutually unintelligible?

389 upvotes • t9sling

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How on Earth did Gertrude Stein, the famous Jewish lesbian patron of modernism, end up a Vichy collaborator?

389 upvotes • Mcfinley

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Give that occupational names - Smith, Baker, Carpenter, Butcher, etc - come from ancestors who did those jobs, how did "King" become a relatively common surname?

389 upvotes • SaintShrink

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What happened to information like property deeds and bank account balances after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

389 upvotes • merle-rideout

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Why was there not a more thorough naval bombardment on the D-Day landing locations?

389 upvotes • NotAnUnhappyRock

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The Mongols nearly conquered half of the world. Why isn't Mongolia a great nation today?

388 upvotes • farmercrossing

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did medieval people celebrate their birthdays? Did they know them?	389	The_Manchurian
Did any Roman senatorial aristocratic families survive into the Carolingian period and later/ how many aristocratic families in Southern France and Italy in, say, the 11th century would have been directly descended from ancient Roman noble families?	389	reproachableknight
Did Pontic Steppe nomads use the friction of their horses to 'cook' meat?	389	Uyayna
Why did no European power colonize Korea?	389	belayble
Did anybody notice when different dialects of Latin became mutually unintelligible?	389	t9sling
How on Earth did Gertrude Stein, the famous Jewish lesbian patron of modernism, end up a Vichy collaborator?	389	Mcfinley
Give that occupational names - Smith, Baker, Carpenter, Butcher, etc - come from ancestors who did those jobs, how did "King" become a relatively common surname?	389	SaintShrink
What happened to information like property deeds and bank account balances after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?	389	merle-rideout
Why was there not a more thorough naval bombardment on the D-Day landing locations?	389	NotAnUnhappyRock
The Mongols nearly conquered half of the world. Why isn't Mongolia a great nation today?	388	farmercrossing