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Interesting small/cheap museums in London?

32 upvotes • r/uktravel

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Currently, students in Latin classes are taught Classical Latin, despite there being other more recent forms of the Latin language (such as Vulgar and Ecclesiastical Latin). What is the reason for this, and when did the switchover from these "modern" forms of Latin to the ancient forms occur?

32 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I know that, through some parts of American history, the dollar was gold-backed. During those time, could an average American citizen have exchanged a dollar for its equivalent weight of gold with the Federal Reserve?

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Why is Reno so well-known, despite its lack of distinguishing features?

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What is with the proliferation of triplets and other nontraditional rhythmic structures in modern (c.a. 1900 or later) music?

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Interesting small/cheap museums in London?	32	uktravel
Currently, students in Latin classes are taught Classical Latin, despite there being other more recent forms of the Latin language (such as Vulgar and Ecclesiastical Latin). What is the reason for this, and when did the switchover from these "modern" forms of Latin to the ancient forms occur?	32	AskHistorians
I know that, through some parts of American history, the dollar was gold-backed. During those time, could an average American citizen have exchanged a dollar for its equivalent weight of gold with the Federal Reserve?	7	AskHistorians
Why is Reno so well-known, despite its lack of distinguishing features?	7	AskHistorians
What is with the proliferation of triplets and other nontraditional rhythmic structures in modern (c.a. 1900 or later) music?	3	AskHistorians