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How and when did the concept of a "weekend" (as a period every week when most people did not work) originate?

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During World War 2, did people call it "World War 2?" If not, what did they call it, and how did they understand the war they were fighting?

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Are there any historical events that textbooks frequently get wrong or misrepresent?

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How many people read "classic" authors (like Shakespeare, Dickens or Jane Austen) while they were alive?

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How did wage-earning employment start?

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Did "celebrities" exist in historical cultures? Ie, was there the equivalent of a Taylor Swift or Paris Hilton in, say, the Roman Empire, or the pre-civil war American south?

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How did people dry off before towels were invented?

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Have historians ever interviewed people who were in charge of massive, history-altering screw ups? (Ie, the Japanese commanders who ordered the Pearl Harbor attacks?) If so, what did they say?

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Did the RPG trope of "Adventurers wandering around solving villagers' problems through violence" ever actually happen?

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What did the "average" white Southerner think of the civil rights movement?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How and when did the concept of a "weekend" (as a period every week when most people did not work) originate?	27
During World War 2, did people call it "World War 2?" If not, what did they call it, and how did they understand the war they were fighting?	24
Are there any historical events that textbooks frequently get wrong or misrepresent?	19
How many people read "classic" authors (like Shakespeare, Dickens or Jane Austen) while they were alive?	12
How did wage-earning employment start?	2
Did "celebrities" exist in historical cultures? Ie, was there the equivalent of a Taylor Swift or Paris Hilton in, say, the Roman Empire, or the pre-civil war American south?	2
How did people dry off before towels were invented?	1
Have historians ever interviewed people who were in charge of massive, history-altering screw ups? (Ie, the Japanese commanders who ordered the Pearl Harbor attacks?) If so, what did they say?	1
Did the RPG trope of "Adventurers wandering around solving villagers' problems through violence" ever actually happen?	0
What did the "average" white Southerner think of the civil rights movement?	0