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Meta: what’s the history of this subreddit? How did it become so heavily regulated, as compared to other subreddits?

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Why was the US military so recklessly indifferent to the radioactive effects of nuclear weapons during the 50s and 60s?

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Are there any well-respected works of macro-history?

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In Orlando by Virginia Woolf, the narrator makes the claim that English weather changed dramatically at the beginning of the 19th century. She states that it became much more humid and much less sunny. Is this true, or just something Woolf invented?

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How were people able to live in the American southwest before the advent of air conditioning?

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Why did Charles Darwin publish his theory of evolution as a book to be read by the masses? In general, what’s the history of new scientific theories being revealed in pop science books instead of in scientific journals.

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Did the ancient Greeks not believe it was heresy to write stories involving their gods? Were playwrights and storytellers in Ancient Greece ever punished for how they wrote about the Gods?

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In The Divine Comedy, Dante claims there is no land in the Southern Hemisphere, except for the mount of Purgatory, an edifice that quite literally reaches to heaven. Was this worldview common back then, or just poetic invention by Dante? If so, were there competing theories?

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At what point in European history could someone safely come out as an atheist?

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Is there a definitive religious text ancient Greeks used as scripture? What about the Vikings, the ancient Egyptians, the Irish, etc.?

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Meta: what’s the history of this subreddit? How did it become so heavily regulated, as compared to other subreddits?	2554
Why was the US military so recklessly indifferent to the radioactive effects of nuclear weapons during the 50s and 60s?	411
Are there any well-respected works of macro-history?	158
In Orlando by Virginia Woolf, the narrator makes the claim that English weather changed dramatically at the beginning of the 19th century. She states that it became much more humid and much less sunny. Is this true, or just something Woolf invented?	103
How were people able to live in the American southwest before the advent of air conditioning?	76
Why did Charles Darwin publish his theory of evolution as a book to be read by the masses? In general, what’s the history of new scientific theories being revealed in pop science books instead of in scientific journals.	57
Did the ancient Greeks not believe it was heresy to write stories involving their gods? Were playwrights and storytellers in Ancient Greece ever punished for how they wrote about the Gods?	25
In The Divine Comedy, Dante claims there is no land in the Southern Hemisphere, except for the mount of Purgatory, an edifice that quite literally reaches to heaven. Was this worldview common back then, or just poetic invention by Dante? If so, were there competing theories?	23
At what point in European history could someone safely come out as an atheist?	21
Is there a definitive religious text ancient Greeks used as scripture? What about the Vikings, the ancient Egyptians, the Irish, etc.?	17