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Why do early parts of the Old Testament seem so focused on sexual impropriety? Was there some cultural context for this kind of specificity?

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How did British aristocrats deal with the loss of huge domestic servant staffs post - WW1?

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In Elizabethan England, almost all people bathed less than once a month. So did essentially everyone stink, all the time, until the last century?

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Why do early parts of the Old Testament seem so focused on sexual impropriety? Was there some cultural context for this kind of specificity?	395
How did British aristocrats deal with the loss of huge domestic servant staffs post - WW1?	13
In Elizabethan England, almost all people bathed less than once a month. So did essentially everyone stink, all the time, until the last century?	1