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My Confusing Experience

41 upvotes • r/MantisEncounters

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I’m reading the Iliad. In it when one soldier defeats another he usually tries to strip him of his armor right there in the battlefield. Was this an actual practice and, if so, why?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do we have any evidence of how people conceptualized reflections before the advent of mirrors? Like when they saw themselves in water or on shiny rocks like obsidian?

6 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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MMW: Within 5 years, 80% of the predictions that were made on MMW this year will prove to be flat out wrong, 10% will be partially correct, and 10% correct.

1 upvotes • r/MarkMyWords

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How high many miles up is Heaven according to Homer’s Iliad, based on this reference...

1 upvotes • r/askscience

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
My Confusing Experience	41	MantisEncounters
I’m reading the Iliad. In it when one soldier defeats another he usually tries to strip him of his armor right there in the battlefield. Was this an actual practice and, if so, why?	12	AskHistorians
Do we have any evidence of how people conceptualized reflections before the advent of mirrors? Like when they saw themselves in water or on shiny rocks like obsidian?	6	AskHistorians
MMW: Within 5 years, 80% of the predictions that were made on MMW this year will prove to be flat out wrong, 10% will be partially correct, and 10% correct.	1	MarkMyWords
How high many miles up is Heaven according to Homer’s Iliad, based on this reference...	1	askscience