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Wikipedia says forced and mostly public anilingus was used as a form of punishment, usually of prisoners, during the Thirty Years War. How did this work? Who was having their ass licked? How did this practice originate and how did it die out? Did it happen elsewhere at any time in history? NSFW

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In June 16, 1955, hundreds of civilians were killed in Buenos Aires by the Argentine Air force, in a failed coup attempt. Was there any international reaction to this massacre or was just considered an internal affair and ignored?

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Is the current obsession with "spoilers" really a recent phenomenon? Or were people already wary of spoilers in, say, the XIX century, when a lot of novels were published in a serial form in many countries?

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon "was arrested for insulting President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and was imprisoned from 1849 to 1852". What was the insult? Was his sentence common for such a crime?

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Wikipedia says "forced and mostly public anilingus was used as a form of humiliation and punishment, usually of prisoners." How did this work? Who was having their ass licked? How did this practice originate and how did it die out? NSFW

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Wikipedia says forced and mostly public anilingus was used as a form of punishment, usually of prisoners, during the Thirty Years War. How did this work? Who was having their ass licked? How did this practice originate and how did it die out? Did it happen elsewhere at any time in history? NSFW	4697
In June 16, 1955, hundreds of civilians were killed in Buenos Aires by the Argentine Air force, in a failed coup attempt. Was there any international reaction to this massacre or was just considered an internal affair and ignored?	2396
Is the current obsession with "spoilers" really a recent phenomenon? Or were people already wary of spoilers in, say, the XIX century, when a lot of novels were published in a serial form in many countries?	136
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon "was arrested for insulting President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and was imprisoned from 1849 to 1852". What was the insult? Was his sentence common for such a crime?	9
Wikipedia says "forced and mostly public anilingus was used as a form of humiliation and punishment, usually of prisoners." How did this work? Who was having their ass licked? How did this practice originate and how did it die out? NSFW	3