/u/fathercthulu's posts
With deodorant first really coming out commercially in 1888 in Philadelphia, did most of the world just smell like armpits once the clock struck noon on a warm day?
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When cars first started hitting the streets, where were people getting gas from? Was there just a central gas station for all of, say, New York?
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It took me and my friends 40 hours to drive straight from California to Washington DC in 2012. How long would this have taken before the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, with the most optimal route?
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I've read that Christ spoke Aramaic. Since his trial and sentencing and execution all had (what I assume to be) Latin speaking Romans, would he have even understood what was going on?
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What were some of the Roman state secrets that they had to hide from the people? Any false flag operations?
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How long after the telephone was invented did the thumb-and-pinky gesture to indicate a call become commonplace?
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I've noticed that in old films (Specifically, All Quiet on the Western Front), it seems like everyone holds their spoons and forks the way they hold a sword or a dumbbell, whereas now everyone I know holds cutlery like a pencil. Is that cultural or did something happen in history to change it?
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