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What was the reason female pubic hair in 16th-18th cent. Europe was used as a lover's gift, a souvenir, or even a wig, even at a time when women's body hair was already beginning to be treated as masculine and unwanted? NSFW

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What is the most plausible explanation for the Beast of Gévaudan?

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What was the commercial art scene like in Pompeii pre-79?

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What was Vasily Blokhin's life like after retirement?

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What are examples of large wars that escalated unintentionally from small-scale skirmishes?

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The Erdstall - What can we deduce about the old tunnels in Europe, looking through the lenses of archeology, religion, material culture, and commerce in the Middle Ages?

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Babies born in Nazi camps were often killed after birth, but were these babies conceived in the camps or were prisoners already pregnant when arriving? Did concentration camp prisoners have sex, conceive children and carry them to term? NSFW

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What was the reason female pubic hair in 16th-18th cent. Europe was used as a lover's gift, a souvenir, or even a wig, even at a time when women's body hair was already beginning to be treated as masculine and unwanted? NSFW	5248
What is the most plausible explanation for the Beast of Gévaudan?	7
What was the commercial art scene like in Pompeii pre-79?	6
What was Vasily Blokhin's life like after retirement?	1
What are examples of large wars that escalated unintentionally from small-scale skirmishes?	1
The Erdstall - What can we deduce about the old tunnels in Europe, looking through the lenses of archeology, religion, material culture, and commerce in the Middle Ages?	1
Babies born in Nazi camps were often killed after birth, but were these babies conceived in the camps or were prisoners already pregnant when arriving? Did concentration camp prisoners have sex, conceive children and carry them to term? NSFW	0