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Is it true that in Ancient Rome the term virgin merely meant that the person had not had 'married sex'? If so wouldn't that be a large detail in the story of the Virgin Mary?

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Yesterday, I caught my daughter with the needle in her arm.

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Life hasn't really been the same after my wife's suicide.

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I have read that the 30 years war killed 1/3 of Europe. How accurate is this claim and how were people able to determine those numbers before modern censuses?

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Life hasn't really been the same since my daughter's death.

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I couldn't help but weep as I left the operation room.

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Losing my virginity hurt more than I expected.

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Forgive me if this question is too open, but was the Domino theory in anyway correct? Or was it purely Cold War propaganda?

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In the age of MAD and long range bombers, what was planned/expected of the pilots after the bombs were dropped?

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How aware was Martin Luther of Jan Hus and the Hussites?

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Is it true that in Ancient Rome the term virgin merely meant that the person had not had 'married sex'? If so wouldn't that be a large detail in the story of the Virgin Mary?	859	AskHistorians
Yesterday, I caught my daughter with the needle in her arm.	791	TwoSentenceHorror
Life hasn't really been the same after my wife's suicide.	152	TwoSentenceHorror
I have read that the 30 years war killed 1/3 of Europe. How accurate is this claim and how were people able to determine those numbers before modern censuses?	71	AskHistorians
Life hasn't really been the same since my daughter's death.	54	TwoSentenceHorror
I couldn't help but weep as I left the operation room.	49	TwoSentenceHorror
Losing my virginity hurt more than I expected.	48	TwoSentenceHorror
Forgive me if this question is too open, but was the Domino theory in anyway correct? Or was it purely Cold War propaganda?	35	AskHistorians
In the age of MAD and long range bombers, what was planned/expected of the pilots after the bombs were dropped?	30	AskHistorians
How aware was Martin Luther of Jan Hus and the Hussites?	17	AskHistorians