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My mom doesn't like the movie "The Revenant" because she claims words like "Shit" and "Fuck" weren't in an early 19th century man's lexicon. When did these words enter our lexicon? NSFW

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How did vikings eat while they were on ships?

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I've heard that during the Roman incursions into Germania, Germans would sometimes light themselves on fire and throw themselves into Roman formations so they'd break line. Is there any truth to this?

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Where did the English words for "Prussian" and "Russian" come from, and why are they so similar?

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What was Genghis Khan like, domestically?

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Did Diogenes of Sinope actually meet Alexander the Great?

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Did Native American rulers truly believe that the human sacrifices were resetting the solar calendar?

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In "All Quiet on the Western Front" Remarque describes how if a soldier is caught by the Allies with a saw-bayonet they are killed on sight or have their noses filled with sawdust so they suffocate. What was the reason for this brutality?

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So, what exactly did the Huns do with what they sacked?

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Did the conversion of Gothic tribes to Christianity (while, most of them might have been Arian regardless) help them eventually take over the Roman Empire?

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My mom doesn't like the movie "The Revenant" because she claims words like "Shit" and "Fuck" weren't in an early 19th century man's lexicon. When did these words enter our lexicon? NSFW	3719
How did vikings eat while they were on ships?	320
I've heard that during the Roman incursions into Germania, Germans would sometimes light themselves on fire and throw themselves into Roman formations so they'd break line. Is there any truth to this?	136
Where did the English words for "Prussian" and "Russian" come from, and why are they so similar?	108
What was Genghis Khan like, domestically?	80
Did Diogenes of Sinope actually meet Alexander the Great?	78
Did Native American rulers truly believe that the human sacrifices were resetting the solar calendar?	67
In "All Quiet on the Western Front" Remarque describes how if a soldier is caught by the Allies with a saw-bayonet they are killed on sight or have their noses filled with sawdust so they suffocate. What was the reason for this brutality?	60
So, what exactly did the Huns do with what they sacked?	49
Did the conversion of Gothic tribes to Christianity (while, most of them might have been Arian regardless) help them eventually take over the Roman Empire?	37