/u/LorenzoApophis's posts
Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones had a swastika put on his church in retaliation for his support of racial integration during the 1950s. Was comparison of integrationists to Nazis a common belief/tactic among segregationists? Why?
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The airsickness bag was invented in 1949. What did people do when passengers vomited on a plane before then?
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In "Beloved", Toni Morrison describes male slaves having sex with livestock and fantasizing about raping female slaves due to being deprived of contact with women. Does this have a basis in history? NSFW
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Mongoloid and Negroid are two terms from a racial "theory" that has been considered outdated and racist for a long time. How did the third classification, Caucasoid, persist and become a mainstream term (Caucasian)?
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Why was there so little study of human anatomy between the time of Galen and Vesalius (or Mondino de Luzzi)?
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Why has hereditary monarchy been so common and long-lasting across human cultures? Is there some advantage it presents over other forms of government?
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Why has hereditary monarchy been so common and long-lasting across human cultures? Is there some advantage it presents over other forms of government?
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Thomas Paine wrote that with all of its tortures, killings and massacres the Bible more resembles the word of a demon than of God. Had people criticized the Bible on the ground of excessive violence before him?
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Art historian Frank Jewett Mather described William-Adolphe Bouguereau's nudes as "prearranged to meet the ideals of a New York stockbroker of the black walnut generation." What is the black walnut generation?
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