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What's the furthest back in time you could go and still find Italian pasta that's basically the same as modern pasta in terms of preparation?

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The myth of Arachne features Athena and Arachne competing to weave the most intricate and beautiful scene into their cloth. Do we know if elaborate woven scenes would've been worn by ancient Greeks or possibly displayed as tapestries?

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Did the Spartans really bury their dead on or near the battlefield? If so, why?

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Ancient Greeks and Romans had gymnasiums, did Medieval Europeans go in for structured exercise and athletics?

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Why did the South react so vehemently to New Coke, even considering it a "surrender to the Yankees"?

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What would usually happen to a Roman man who slept with someone's wife?

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Were Medieval Europeans aware of far-monuments like the Pyramids and Colosseum?

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What kind of a role has pornography and erotica played in shaping perceptions of alternative sexualities and gender roles in the early modern/modern era?

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Later generations saw the Victorians as prudish and repressive. How did the Victorians see their parents, so to speak?

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Why are incidents of Roman ritual killing like the burial of 2 Greeks and 2 Gauls or of unchaste Vestal Virgins along with the ritualized killing of political prisoners not considered sacrifices?

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What's the furthest back in time you could go and still find Italian pasta that's basically the same as modern pasta in terms of preparation?	16
The myth of Arachne features Athena and Arachne competing to weave the most intricate and beautiful scene into their cloth. Do we know if elaborate woven scenes would've been worn by ancient Greeks or possibly displayed as tapestries?	16
Did the Spartans really bury their dead on or near the battlefield? If so, why?	15
Ancient Greeks and Romans had gymnasiums, did Medieval Europeans go in for structured exercise and athletics?	15
Why did the South react so vehemently to New Coke, even considering it a "surrender to the Yankees"?	15
What would usually happen to a Roman man who slept with someone's wife?	15
Were Medieval Europeans aware of far-monuments like the Pyramids and Colosseum?	15
What kind of a role has pornography and erotica played in shaping perceptions of alternative sexualities and gender roles in the early modern/modern era?	14
Later generations saw the Victorians as prudish and repressive. How did the Victorians see their parents, so to speak?	14
Why are incidents of Roman ritual killing like the burial of 2 Greeks and 2 Gauls or of unchaste Vestal Virgins along with the ritualized killing of political prisoners not considered sacrifices?	14