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Today, many hobbies are recreational pursuits of past careers or housework - woodworking, knitting, fishing, pottery, etc. Is this a new phenomenon?

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The Admont Abbey has the largest monastic library in the world, with about 200 000 volumes. What's in most of these?

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When the Egyptians built the pyramids and other monuments, did they understand how long these would survive? Was there a maintenance plan or any thoughts to to the future?

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While watching a documentary on D Day, I realized that all the French beaches would have been closed during the war, which made me think "what did the common civilian do for recreation during the war?"

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What's the consensus of the "second sleep" theory?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Today, many hobbies are recreational pursuits of past careers or housework - woodworking, knitting, fishing, pottery, etc. Is this a new phenomenon?	337
The Admont Abbey has the largest monastic library in the world, with about 200 000 volumes. What's in most of these?	15
When the Egyptians built the pyramids and other monuments, did they understand how long these would survive? Was there a maintenance plan or any thoughts to to the future?	4
While watching a documentary on D Day, I realized that all the French beaches would have been closed during the war, which made me think "what did the common civilian do for recreation during the war?"	4
What's the consensus of the "second sleep" theory?	1