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Is there historical evidence that Alexander the Great was really homosexual or bisexual (in our modern sense), or is that a present-day contrivance?

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A while ago, I was speaking to a woman who grew up in West Germany, and she claimed that every time you made a phone call, "You could actually hear the tape recorder click on" at whatever location you were being recorded at. Is this true?

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Who became a mercenary in the late middle ages? How one would go about joining, for example, the Landsknecht?

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Wikipedia claims that "An Arabic writing Silsilatuttavarikh called the Rashtrakutas one of the four principal empires of the world." What was this Silsilatuttavarikh, and what were the other three?

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When would medieval serfs have had time to masturbate? Would they have at all? (Serious question) (potentially nsfw?) NSFW

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In "The Dialectic of Sex," Shulamith Firestone claims that childhood was essentially an invention of the 15th century, and that before that point male children were treated as adults and functioned perfectly well in adult society. Is this true?

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John the Baptist in Mandaean belief?

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What did the name Muhammad mean before the prophet? Was it a common name? Do we have record of any pre-Islamic figures named Muhammad?

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What was the reaction across Christendom to the conquest of Jerusalem and the Holy Land by the Rashidun Caliphate in 637?

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Do we have a reliable record of the US GDP in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?

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Is there historical evidence that Alexander the Great was really homosexual or bisexual (in our modern sense), or is that a present-day contrivance?	17
A while ago, I was speaking to a woman who grew up in West Germany, and she claimed that every time you made a phone call, "You could actually hear the tape recorder click on" at whatever location you were being recorded at. Is this true?	15
Who became a mercenary in the late middle ages? How one would go about joining, for example, the Landsknecht?	14
Wikipedia claims that "An Arabic writing Silsilatuttavarikh called the Rashtrakutas one of the four principal empires of the world." What was this Silsilatuttavarikh, and what were the other three?	12
When would medieval serfs have had time to masturbate? Would they have at all? (Serious question) (potentially nsfw?) NSFW	11
In "The Dialectic of Sex," Shulamith Firestone claims that childhood was essentially an invention of the 15th century, and that before that point male children were treated as adults and functioned perfectly well in adult society. Is this true?	11
John the Baptist in Mandaean belief?	9
What did the name Muhammad mean before the prophet? Was it a common name? Do we have record of any pre-Islamic figures named Muhammad?	9
What was the reaction across Christendom to the conquest of Jerusalem and the Holy Land by the Rashidun Caliphate in 637?	9
Do we have a reliable record of the US GDP in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?	7