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Who was the first to notice that summer and winter in the northern and southern hemisphere are opposite each other? Was this a surprise or was this already theorized?

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Is it possible there was a Roman emperor we don't know about because of damnatio memoriae?

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Why are labor unions viewed much more negatively in the U.S. compared to Western Europe?

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How do historians view The Evolution of God by Robert Wright?

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Did people comment on the Great Vowel Shift while it was happening? Did any language purists try to stop it?

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Is there evidence of people in pre modern times avoiding pregnancy beacuse it was so dangerous?

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Did the Christian emperors of the later Roman and Byzantine empires acknowledge the great pagan Romans of the past? Or was the pagan past of the empire seen more as an embarrassment?

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When did having a large penis become a kind of status symbol among men?

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Why were Aurelians generals so ready to kill him based on a rumour, even though he just restored the Roman world and might have accomplished even more?

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Have the 'good guys' ever lost a war?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Who was the first to notice that summer and winter in the northern and southern hemisphere are opposite each other? Was this a surprise or was this already theorized?	338
Is it possible there was a Roman emperor we don't know about because of damnatio memoriae?	94
Why are labor unions viewed much more negatively in the U.S. compared to Western Europe?	69
How do historians view The Evolution of God by Robert Wright?	36
Did people comment on the Great Vowel Shift while it was happening? Did any language purists try to stop it?	29
Is there evidence of people in pre modern times avoiding pregnancy beacuse it was so dangerous?	7
Did the Christian emperors of the later Roman and Byzantine empires acknowledge the great pagan Romans of the past? Or was the pagan past of the empire seen more as an embarrassment?	3
When did having a large penis become a kind of status symbol among men?	0
Why were Aurelians generals so ready to kill him based on a rumour, even though he just restored the Roman world and might have accomplished even more?	0
Have the 'good guys' ever lost a war?	0