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[Meta] Announcing /r/badhistory

388 upvotes • Kai_Daigoji

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In 300 A.D., what language would your average inhabitant of Gaul speak? How about a Gallic aristocrat?

388 upvotes • HatMaster12

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How would an army attack a castle in medieval Japan?

388 upvotes • Warpsplitter

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When I think or imagine, it actually feels like that is happening inside my head. Prior to the notion that the brain is responsible for thought, did ancient people "feel" their thoughts elsewhere in the body?

388 upvotes • Njdevils11

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Did the "Kalahari Bushmen and the Han Chinese, the Carthaginians and the Aztecs" really define marriage as between a man and woman as the Chief Justice (SCOTUS) maintained?

388 upvotes • forsbergisgod

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Why, after ~200,000 years of non-agricultural homo sapiens, did the neolithic revolution take place independently in multiple places in such a short period of time (<10,000 years)?

388 upvotes • lameskiana

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In the Godfather Part II, Vito Corleone emigrates to the US unaccompanied at the age of less than 10. Is there any historical precedent for this?

388 upvotes • failedentertainment

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How did Henry Kissinger end up with his reputation compleyely intact given his relationship with Nixon.

388 upvotes • 77madsquirrel77

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When did musicians start giving easy names to songs? Instead of generic names like symphony n.9 x movement, or "nocturne no. 20 in c sharp minor"

388 upvotes • Lvl100Magikarp

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At the same time that William the Conqueror gained the English throne, other Normans were busy conquering Sicily and southern Italy. How strong of a relationship existed between these Norman realms?

388 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[Meta] Announcing /r/badhistory	388	Kai_Daigoji
In 300 A.D., what language would your average inhabitant of Gaul speak? How about a Gallic aristocrat?	388	HatMaster12
How would an army attack a castle in medieval Japan?	388	Warpsplitter
When I think or imagine, it actually feels like that is happening inside my head. Prior to the notion that the brain is responsible for thought, did ancient people "feel" their thoughts elsewhere in the body?	388	Njdevils11
Did the "Kalahari Bushmen and the Han Chinese, the Carthaginians and the Aztecs" really define marriage as between a man and woman as the Chief Justice (SCOTUS) maintained?	388	forsbergisgod
Why, after ~200,000 years of non-agricultural homo sapiens, did the neolithic revolution take place independently in multiple places in such a short period of time (<10,000 years)?	388	lameskiana
In the Godfather Part II, Vito Corleone emigrates to the US unaccompanied at the age of less than 10. Is there any historical precedent for this?	388	failedentertainment
How did Henry Kissinger end up with his reputation compleyely intact given his relationship with Nixon.	388	77madsquirrel77
When did musicians start giving easy names to songs? Instead of generic names like symphony n.9 x movement, or "nocturne no. 20 in c sharp minor"	388	Lvl100Magikarp
At the same time that William the Conqueror gained the English throne, other Normans were busy conquering Sicily and southern Italy. How strong of a relationship existed between these Norman realms?	388	EnclavedMicrostate