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What games of skill were played in the ancient Mediterranean (say, 500 BCE - 0 CE)?

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IAMA Request: Someone who helps decide which words go in the Scrabble player's dictionary

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How much individual variation is there in the types of receptor cells in the human olfactory system? For instance, are there chemicals that some people can smell very clearly and others not at all?

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What is the earliest archaeological record of whaling?

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Would a wealthy person in the early Roman Empire/late Roman Republic have access to ANY source of caffeine?

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How long has China had paper currency? Was it a Chinese innovation or was it copied from/imposed by westerners?

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Have there been any effective military forces without a strict hierarchy, for instance in revolutionary movements?

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Has anything similar to monasteries developed outside of Eurasia?

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We hear a lot about the substances that are fine for humans but toxic for dogs. What about the opposite?

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What do we know about the origin of slavery?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What games of skill were played in the ancient Mediterranean (say, 500 BCE - 0 CE)?	2	AskHistorians
IAMA Request: Someone who helps decide which words go in the Scrabble player's dictionary	2	IAmA
How much individual variation is there in the types of receptor cells in the human olfactory system? For instance, are there chemicals that some people can smell very clearly and others not at all?	2	askscience
What is the earliest archaeological record of whaling?	2	AskHistorians
Would a wealthy person in the early Roman Empire/late Roman Republic have access to ANY source of caffeine?	2	AskHistorians
How long has China had paper currency? Was it a Chinese innovation or was it copied from/imposed by westerners?	2	AskHistorians
Have there been any effective military forces without a strict hierarchy, for instance in revolutionary movements?	2	AskHistorians
Has anything similar to monasteries developed outside of Eurasia?	2	AskHistorians
We hear a lot about the substances that are fine for humans but toxic for dogs. What about the opposite?	1	askscience
What do we know about the origin of slavery?	1	AskHistorians