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Was open-mouth friendship kissing really a thing in the first half of the 20th Century?

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When and why did hamburgers, a German street food, become THE classic American meal and a cultural icon?

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A recent TIL post claims that in the early 20th Century hatpins were used by women to fend off sexual assault so frequently that legislation was created which addressed their use. Is this true?

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Koshari is a popular Egyptian street food with roots in India. So how did Indian cuisine end up impacting Egyptian eating habits anyway?

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Did wine-making spread to more Northern European regions like Gaul from contact with Greek cultures or did it develop independently?

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3rd Time Asking: There's a lot about how homosexuality was treated in ancient Greece & Rome but what about the ancient Near East?

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How important was Latin ethnicity in the Roman Republic/Empire? Would a citizen of foreign origin be considered more or less the same?

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Everyone's probably sick of this question formula but what did Shakespeare (or Elizabethan English folk in general) think about the "New World"?

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5 scenes from History Channel's Vikings ripped right from the sagas

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How did car racing come to be primarily popular in the South, and especially associated with low class fans when it seems like a pretty expensive sport in its inception?

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Was open-mouth friendship kissing really a thing in the first half of the 20th Century?	26
When and why did hamburgers, a German street food, become THE classic American meal and a cultural icon?	25
A recent TIL post claims that in the early 20th Century hatpins were used by women to fend off sexual assault so frequently that legislation was created which addressed their use. Is this true?	24
Koshari is a popular Egyptian street food with roots in India. So how did Indian cuisine end up impacting Egyptian eating habits anyway?	23
Did wine-making spread to more Northern European regions like Gaul from contact with Greek cultures or did it develop independently?	22
3rd Time Asking: There's a lot about how homosexuality was treated in ancient Greece & Rome but what about the ancient Near East?	21
How important was Latin ethnicity in the Roman Republic/Empire? Would a citizen of foreign origin be considered more or less the same?	21
Everyone's probably sick of this question formula but what did Shakespeare (or Elizabethan English folk in general) think about the "New World"?	21
5 scenes from History Channel's Vikings ripped right from the sagas	20
How did car racing come to be primarily popular in the South, and especially associated with low class fans when it seems like a pretty expensive sport in its inception?	20