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How accurate is Outlander's depiction of Louis XV's mistress and her revealing dress and piercings? Did such an outfit ever exist during Louis XV's lifetime? NSFW
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The Outlander book and TV series presents a fairly high number of rapes or attempted rapes, one occurring in the very first episode - How prevalent was rape around the time of the Jacobite Rising? What were the repercussions for such an act and how did it affect the victims? NSFW
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At what point in our history were cesarean sections survivable for the mother? What was the key factor or method that allowed the mother to survive? Are there any historical instances of partial birth abortion to save the mother when the alternative (cesarean) would have killed her?
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Did women begin shaving their leg hair in the US because of WWII and the lack of nude stockings? Or was shaving popular before then and how did the practice begin?
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I've always understood Bedouins preferred female horses over males, even for warfare, because they were quieter and safer to be kept in a family tent - Is this legend or is there truth behind it?
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In the first episode of The Spanish Princess, Queen Isabella I of Castile rides into battle alongside her men. Did Isabella ever ride into battle and fight alongside her men in actuality?
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I always thought Teddy Roosevelt was a progressive man for his time, but recently read that "he really didn't want to conserve the natives." Were his opinions of certain groups of people less positive than the ones he had toward women and black folk?
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In the Patricia Briggs's 2008 book "Cry Wolf," there is an Indigenous American man who is referred to as "Indian." Were Indigenous peoples commonly referred to or would they refer to themselves as Indian in the late 2000s?
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