/u/EnclavedMicrostate's posts
It is often alleged that teeth extracted from casualties at Waterloo supplied dentures across Europe for several years. Is there any truth to this story?
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China panel AMA: Come and ask your burning questions about China, from the Zhou Dynasty to Zhou Enlai! (And up until 2000)
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'Urban legends', 'urban myths' – What is it that makes a piece of folklore 'urban'? Is it purely a quirk of etymology, or do urban communities genuinely produce folklore in a distinct way, or a distinct kind, from rural ones?
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Why have several quack medical treatments, such as reiki or homeopathy, become relatively widespread despite the apparent rise of modern, evidence-based medicine?
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How on earth did German states administer their exclaves, and how (if at all) did people get between them?
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How culinarily unusual might a cheeseburger have been in 1st century Rome? Would a combination of minced beef, cheese, bread, and vegetables, however put together, have been considered particularly out of the ordinary within Roman diets?
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Apparently, British cavalry officer Louis Edward Nolan, who was killed in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854, was not struck off the Austrian Army payroll until 1899. Was he actually getting paid, if so who got the money, and why did it take so long to stop?
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In 1991, a court ruled that McVitie's Jaffa Cakes were cakes rather than biscuits, thus classed as food rather than luxury items, and thus subject to lower tax. What prompted this case? Were Jaffa Cakes in legal limbo beforehand? And why were chocolatey cakes food, but chocolatey biscuits luxuries?
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