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Is there a historical explanation as to why calling a chinese person "Chinaman" is considered more offensive than calling someone "Scotsman", "Irishman" and "Frenchman"?

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Seeing as the grim reaper isn't a Christian symbol, when and why did people start using it as an omen of death, as opposed to god or satan?

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Is homosexuality an occurence in natural indigenous tribes (both the few current ones and those who were) that haven't and hadn't been touched by "our" modern "advanced" soceity?

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Did the Helots ever have a large scale revolt against their Spartan overlords, or any resistance at all?

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Considering Japanese soldiers intense fanaticism during ww2, how many Japanese soldiers actually surrendered on their own or as a group before the Emperor formally surrendered and ordered his army to do so as well?

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How many people who joined ww1 from the start, saw action all throughout the war and actually survived to the very end? How high was the long term survivability

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there a historical explanation as to why calling a chinese person "Chinaman" is considered more offensive than calling someone "Scotsman", "Irishman" and "Frenchman"?	176
Seeing as the grim reaper isn't a Christian symbol, when and why did people start using it as an omen of death, as opposed to god or satan?	102
Is homosexuality an occurence in natural indigenous tribes (both the few current ones and those who were) that haven't and hadn't been touched by "our" modern "advanced" soceity?	81
Did the Helots ever have a large scale revolt against their Spartan overlords, or any resistance at all?	65
Considering Japanese soldiers intense fanaticism during ww2, how many Japanese soldiers actually surrendered on their own or as a group before the Emperor formally surrendered and ordered his army to do so as well?	19
How many people who joined ww1 from the start, saw action all throughout the war and actually survived to the very end? How high was the long term survivability	5