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My history loving father says that feminine men like me are responsible for the fall of civilizations like Greece and Rome, is that true?
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Why did Greeks use horse (Philip, Hippias, Hippocrates, Xanthippus, Leucippus, Hippolytus etc)) so much in their names when compared to other Indo-European groups?
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When an acquaintance asks the epigramist Martial for a copy of his works, he tells him to go get them from the bookshop. What were Roman bookshops like?
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Explorers reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960 but no human had been to the bottom of the Atlantic until 2018. Why was there such a focus on Pacific vs. Atlantic deep sea exploration in the 20th century?
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The New York Times in their 1860 endorsement of Abraham Lincoln, referred to his occupation as a "rail splitter". Is there a reason why they wouldn't have mentioned his having been a congressman and lawyer?
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