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Did rennaissance people struggle to read their handwrittem texts the way do today?

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Was there a sort of tourism market in ancient times?

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What depth of astrological knowledge did an average astrology believer have in ancient and medieval times?

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Psyche is the greek goddess of the soul. Were early psychologists trying to study or find a human soul when they coined this term and founded the science?

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Why Ancient Egypt was never so expansive as other ancient civilisations?

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What positions did Christian institutions have regarding eugenic opinions and laws in Western countries in the beginning of the last century?

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How did the Roman —let's say in the year 1bc— government managed natural sudden deaths of people in big cities?

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Had any ancient civilisation ever correctly guessed we have iron and copper in our blood because of its color and taste?

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Does the story of Alexander Fleming forgetting an open petri dish with bacteria that would soon be contaminated by Penicillium notatum leading to the discovery of penicillin bear any truth?

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What were the conceptions of soul and mind when the term psychology and its derivatives were coined?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did rennaissance people struggle to read their handwrittem texts the way do today?	163
Was there a sort of tourism market in ancient times?	28
What depth of astrological knowledge did an average astrology believer have in ancient and medieval times?	11
Psyche is the greek goddess of the soul. Were early psychologists trying to study or find a human soul when they coined this term and founded the science?	9
Why Ancient Egypt was never so expansive as other ancient civilisations?	3
What positions did Christian institutions have regarding eugenic opinions and laws in Western countries in the beginning of the last century?	2
How did the Roman —let's say in the year 1bc— government managed natural sudden deaths of people in big cities?	1
Had any ancient civilisation ever correctly guessed we have iron and copper in our blood because of its color and taste?	1
Does the story of Alexander Fleming forgetting an open petri dish with bacteria that would soon be contaminated by Penicillium notatum leading to the discovery of penicillin bear any truth?	1
What were the conceptions of soul and mind when the term psychology and its derivatives were coined?	0