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Posted by /u/Mrs_tribbiani

Historically, women have always covered their hair/head when going outside; nowadays, women usually do not wear hats or head coverings. Did Vatican II, which said that women no longer need to cover their heads during Mass, help normalize w…

Posted by /u/bo-bebop

META: Historians of the Bronze Age/Mediterranean cultures, how are we enjoying this sudden influx of Odyssey-related questions?

What are people getting most wrong? Are there any questions that haven’t been asked you’d like to deep dive into? Any thoughts on the movie?

Posted by /u/FunYesterday4511

How did the Nazis identify Jews if they didn't the wear Star of David badge?

I know that during WW2, Jewish citizens were forced to wear identifiers on their clothing to show that they were Jewish. How did they (the Nazis) know which people were Jews and how did they enforce the wearing of the star? And if they refused to wear the star, how would anyone…

Posted by /u/SnortingCoffee

Why did the Germans not demand greater concessions following the Franco-Prussian war? If they had won essentially a complete victory, why did they settle for Alsace–Lorraine rather than demanding control over all of France?

Posted by /u/ArgentineBeauty

Nigeria has completed 23 solar mini-grids with UN development support, and they are now 100% operational, bringing electricity to 50,000 people across more than 20,000 households and powering rural businesses, schools, healthcare facilitie…

Posted by /u/yaymukund_

I read a thing that said South Indian languages (e.g. Tamil, Kannada, Telegu) have curved scripts because they were written on leaves and writing straight lines was more likely to tear the leaves. Is that true?

Posted by /u/ThatOneBLUScout

Did old engines get compared enough to horses to actually standardize "Horsepower" as a metric, or is there more of a story behind "Horsepower" becoming the standard metric for engines?

Horsepower is the standard for gauging engine power nowadays, but the term has always slightly felt a bit archaic, especially for modern engines. I don't know why I need to know that ~250 horses would be the equivalent of one engine nowadays, yet that is the standards, so I was…

Posted by /u/Mocha4040

When did the modern concept of staying hydrated develop?

I notice that even though I can extremely easily have access to clean fresh water, I often forget to drink water for hours until I start feeling bad. In the past, people didn't always have the same kind of easy access, didn't work in environments with clean water available etc.…

Posted by /u/MaxThrustage

Ancient Chinese philosophy is frequently concerned with the conduct and character of ministers and officials. But what did these ministers actually *do*?

The Confucians and Mohists and so on all seem to spend a lot of time worried about making sure these ministers and officials are righteous and doing their jobs correctly. But what exactly were these jobs? What did a government bureaucracy look like in the Warring States era? Wer…

Posted by /u/WavesAndSaves

In 1699, the Christian Holy League defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War, a war sometimes called "The 14th Crusade". By the 1800s, European states were intervening in wars explicitly to aid the Ottomans. When did Islam and t…

Posted by /u/FakeRedditRedditor

Historically, did certain civilizations express remorse or regret when an animal species became extinct?

Posted by /u/bineybash

What is considered the world’s first professional team sport?

While there may not be an official answer due to lack of evidence, I’d like to know what contender stands strong.

Posted by /u/Sufficient-Gain-226

Is voting 3rd party a wasted vote?

I notice that as someone who votes 3rd party, a lot of people on the left will say, "Trump is a threat to democracy," or "you can't ignore his criminal conduct." And on the right it's "the left is destroying the country through its policies," or "Democrats are taking away freedo…