/u/hairthrowaway10oct17's posts in /r/AskHistorians
How far does breakfast-lunch-dinner meal routine go back in human history? Are there other meals/routines? Did ancient humans have different/no meal routines?
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How did Europeans figure out that the lands visited by Columbus were not India at all, but some heretofore unknown places? Was he made a hero or was he mocked when people discovered this?
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How modern/recent is the concept of "retirement"? Did people of the the Roman/ancient civilizations "retire" the same way we did? By extension, how modern/ancient is the concept of a retirement savings account/401k/etc?
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I'm a United States Naval Lieutenant on board an American Destroyer in the Pacific in 1942. What is daily life like for me? Do I enjoy it? Am I bored?
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