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Why did so many ancient cultures consider the heart, rather than the brain, to be the seat of the mind? Surely they must have noticed that head injuries frequently result in mental impairment and personality change, but chest injuries never do?
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The Catholic church claims to know the complete list of all 266 popes who reigned from the 1st to the 21st century, starting with St Peter himself. They also give exact dates for the duration of their papacies for nearly all of them. How credible is this from the perspective of a historian?
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What is the cultural context of the infamous Japanese painting “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife”? NSFW
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It used to be common for governments to hold open, high-profile competitions for the best solution to some engineering problem. Examples include the longitude competition won by John Harrison, and the naval architecture prizes won by Leonhard Euler. When and why did this stop?
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The First Amendment was passed in 1791. How did Freedom of Speech/Religion actually look in practice afterwards? Could people in 1792 walk the streets of New York, shouting “Hail Satan!”, and not be punished?
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Saudi Arabia only abolished slavery in 1962. Was the fact that slavery still existed there a common political discussion point in the West during the 1950s, like Apartheid in the 1980s?
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