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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | March 02, 2025

created by AutoModerator on 02/03/2025 at 14:00 UTC - 9 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Short Answers to Simple Questions | February 26, 2025

created by AutoModerator on 26/02/2025 at 17:00 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Would Horatio Nelson's dying request - "Kiss me, Hardy" - have been considered unusual at the time?

created by idoze on 03/03/2025 at 05:32 UTC - 251 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why does Europe do Loaves?

created by allthejokesareblue on 03/03/2025 at 09:42 UTC - 68 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why didn't local gunsmiths appear in West Africa after the introduction of guns (or am I completely wrong)?

created by Max1461 on 03/03/2025 at 09:41 UTC - 35 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Dr. Jake Newsome on the Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People - Ask Me Anything!

created by Dr_Jake_Newsome on 03/03/2025 at 14:33 UTC - 13 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why does thailand have such a high population & acceptance of ladyboys, and where did that movement stem from?

created by blahblooooooop on 03/03/2025 at 02:38 UTC - 87 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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I've seen a number of Christians online claim recently that Biblical homophobia is a result of more modern translations. Is there any truth to that? Did Christian homophobia derive from other places in the past?

created by WondernutsWizard on 02/03/2025 at 16:14 UTC - 573 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why was Europe unable to make anything that the East (India, China) wanted to trade for?

created by FryCookCVE71 on 03/03/2025 at 14:17 UTC - 9 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why did so many Druze migrate to Venezuela?

created by egg420 on 03/03/2025 at 08:32 UTC - 16 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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When did dynamite stop being a consumer product?

created by gmanflnj on 03/03/2025 at 07:11 UTC - 19 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Several Bavarians have told me that "real" Bavarians look different from other Germans due to Celtic ancestry. I'm skeptical about the looks part, but is there any truth to the Celtic claim? If not, where did this idea come from?

created by ExternalBoysenberry on 03/03/2025 at 14:25 UTC - 5 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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When the Romans invaded Britain, how much knowledge did they have of the landscape and culture they’d encounter there? Did the British know they were coming?

created by dreadful_name on 03/03/2025 at 11:53 UTC - 6 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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I am an average man in medieval Europe. My sister's husband is beating her. Do I have legal/formal grounds to fight him or otherwise compel him to stop?

created by PersonofControversy on 02/03/2025 at 08:37 UTC - 829 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did common people view their identity in the Middle Ages?

created by one-too-three on 03/03/2025 at 10:22 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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The new weekly theme is: Art!

created by AlanSnooring on 03/03/2025 at 11:01 UTC - 5 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How accurate is the statement that it was expected that 3 blocs would form after WW2?

created by Nervous-Cheetah2476 on 03/03/2025 at 04:19 UTC - 16 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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In the thirty years war, how much did peasants know about the overall situation?

created by shepshep7 on 03/03/2025 at 03:02 UTC* - 20 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Bill passed retrospectively justifying Night of the Long Knives only mentioned by one source?

created by The-Legendary-Waffle on 02/03/2025 at 23:45 UTC - 32 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did the mongols kill so many people?

created by Capital_Tailor_7348 on 02/03/2025 at 13:16 UTC - 216 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why was Sakhalin important to Russia?

created by Electronic-Cut6927 on 03/03/2025 at 07:53 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why have Turks and Slavs been so successful compared to other ethnic groups from the late antiquity or early Middle Ages like Scythians khazhars or Illyrians who mostly faded away over time?

created by Capital_Tailor_7348 on 02/03/2025 at 13:19 UTC - 205 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How do academic historians ensure that the historical canon doesn't fall victim to propaganda?

created by IrredeemableGottwald on 02/03/2025 at 17:51 UTC - 85 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What were the circumstances that led to John Lennon visiting Yasukuni Shrine in 1971? Was there any sort of negative backlash around the event?

created by EnclavedMicrostate on 03/03/2025 at 00:51 UTC - 24 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Now, teens are known for having certain angst about the world, or to feel discontent about their life. It is also accepted (with sufferance) that teens will rebel or resist their parents. Was this even the truth in (for example) the 1750s, or was it a product of the post-WWII youth culture?

created by DrDMango on 03/03/2025 at 04:41 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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