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Posted by /u/CaptainMikul

Why did it take so long to invent the T Shirt?

I was watching a video of a guy putting on a chiton, and it's basically just a square, turned into a tube, and then stitched to make a neck hole. A lot of ancient garments seemed quite involved to put on. Even early modern period, buttons are on everything. What is it about a t-…

Posted by /u/Melodic-Special4768

When and why did white people stop putting cinnamon on meat?

In most (all?) cuisines except Western European/Anglo/North American cultures, cinnamon is a savory spice, used in soups and stews and rubbed on meat and put in all sorts of (delicious!) dishes. In white cuisine, it's pretty much relegated to baked goods and hot drinks, except f…

Posted by /u/Weary_Employer_2461

The suicide hotline hung up on me. the local PD had written me off as crazy and a burden. I didn’t know who to call. So I started calling churches. Here’s what happened

Homeless, half dead, ill equipped for the brutal mental psychosis I was in, poorly dressed for the brutal Minneapolis winter in which I found myself, huddled behind a dumpster, I started calling churches. 988 had hung up on me and I was deeply paranoid in my illness- I didn’t tr…

Posted by /u/Davey_BPM

In the movie Kingdom of Heaven, we see Balian of Ibelin digging a well to show the locals there is water to be used, the locals really didn't know this?

We've all seen the white saviour trope, how would Balian have known to dig wells? Ignoring that why did the locals who have lived there for hundreds of years not know to dig for water?

Posted by /u/fhota1

To what extent is the story of the workers on Qin Shi Huang's tomb being buried alive with him believed to be true?

So Im sure the work on the tomb was brutal and a lot of people died doing it, especially given his love of mercury and how bad that is for you, but the part about how after he was buried the tomb was sealed with hundreds to thousands of skilled craftsmen inside so nobody could k…

Posted by /u/Wild0TT3R

How comfortable were people with nudity and mixed-gender settings in medieval Europe (14th–15th centuries) (Bath)?

Hi, And more specifically, during bathing time? Of course, in an era when religion and its precepts held great sway, I can easily imagine that public nudity was not well tolerated. But what about when people went to the public bathhouse, or any other place for washing the body?…

Posted by /u/HumbleRestaurant790

America’s Farmers Spent $1.4 Billion More on Diesel Fuel Amid Trump’s Iran War

Posted by /u/DopplerRadio

Why did Suriname end up with such a large Indian diaspora?

I recently learned that Suriname has a much higher Muslim and Hindu population than most countries in the Americas, which led to me trying to understand why that was the case. To quote Suriname's Wikipedia article: "Hindus are the second largest religious group in Suriname, comp…

Posted by /u/Legal_School_9375

I'm an atheist but I really just want to say that Jesus is cool

I've read the Bible and Jesus is just very awesome and I like him I honestly would like to believe Christianity is real because if Christianity is right then this guy might have his second coming soon and I'd love to meet him he just seems extremely chill and like a guy I could…