/u/RusticBohemian's posts
When swing dancing and jazz were taking off in the 1920s, plenty of people born in the Victorian Era were still alive - did they find the new style of dance and music immoral, indecent, or overly sexualized?
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Were Plutarch's Lives part of the cultural backbone of 18-19th century America, almost up there with the bible in terms of penetration?
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Did the first few US presidents have opponents that conceded defeat, or is that a more recent tradition? Before quick communication, when would opponents have conceded?
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I recently read Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of Arabian Nights. Women cheating on their husbands, particularly with black men, seems to be a theme running through many of the stories. Is this accurate to the original tales, or a weird predilection inserted by European translators?
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Most houses in South America have interiors covered in tile, with few rugs or wooden floors. Was there a historical reason for this?
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The ancient Olympics had a "heraldry," competition. Did they compete in reading out the same message and shouting it as far as they could?
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Most of Asia, Africa, South America, and Central America require school uniforms. The United States, Canada, and Europe mostly don't. How did this divide come about?
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Was there controversy — or even much public debate — over the choice of any of the presidents for inclusion on Mt. Rushmore?
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In "The Three-Body Problem," a Chinese physics professor is attacked in a communist "struggle session," accused of teaching the theory of relativity, which "represented the black banner of capitalism." Did Chinese revolutionaries actually attack scientific principles as anti-communist?
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