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In Netflix's new show, Bridgerton, Lady Daphne Bridgerton marries at the age of 21 not knowing what sex is or where babies come from. Is this accurate or likely? NSFW

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In season 2 of Bridgerton, it is revealed that the previous Lord Bridgerton died after an allergic reaction to a bee sting in 1803. Would medical professionals have known that this was the case during the Regency era, or the time immediately before it? Or would it have been a mysterious death?

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Would a man and woman of noble rank caught in a “compromising position” during the regency era really have been forced to marry?

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Whenever a servant comes or goes in Downton Abbey, a great deal of importance is placed on securing a good reference. Is this accurate? What was the hiring process like for domestic servants in the early 20th century?

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Was anything ever made of Henry VIII having wives with the same names?

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My father studied abroad in West Germany (Munich) in the late 1960s-early 1970s and says that people kept trying to buy his Levi's jeans off him. Why would that have been?

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It feels like every US election that I (25F) can remember has been very dramatic and historic. Has there ever been a 'boring' presidential election? When was the last one?

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To what extent was dissent permitted in the USSR after Stalin's death, and in what forms?

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In Netflix's new show, Bridgerton, Lady Daphne Bridgerton marries at the age of 21 not knowing what sex is or where babies come from. Is this accurate or likely? NSFW	3369
In season 2 of Bridgerton, it is revealed that the previous Lord Bridgerton died after an allergic reaction to a bee sting in 1803. Would medical professionals have known that this was the case during the Regency era, or the time immediately before it? Or would it have been a mysterious death?	118
Would a man and woman of noble rank caught in a “compromising position” during the regency era really have been forced to marry?	41
Whenever a servant comes or goes in Downton Abbey, a great deal of importance is placed on securing a good reference. Is this accurate? What was the hiring process like for domestic servants in the early 20th century?	14
Was anything ever made of Henry VIII having wives with the same names?	5
My father studied abroad in West Germany (Munich) in the late 1960s-early 1970s and says that people kept trying to buy his Levi's jeans off him. Why would that have been?	2
It feels like every US election that I (25F) can remember has been very dramatic and historic. Has there ever been a 'boring' presidential election? When was the last one?	1
To what extent was dissent permitted in the USSR after Stalin's death, and in what forms?	1