History
Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why do really, really old (like medieval, renaissance, etc. time period) pictures/sculptures show that the men had really small penises, even though they were adults? (Possibly-NSFW)
They were copying the style of Classical Greek sculptors. The Greeks considered large genitals to be unsightly, and so they tended to sculpt small ones.
Why are our voices deeper in the morning shortly after waking up?
When you first wake up, your muscles are more relaxed. This includes your vocal cords. Like a loose guitar string, relaxed vocal cords have a lower pitch.
Why are most lawyer offices come in duos? 2 Lawyers working together in one office?
Running a law office adds a healthy number of fixed costs (like a library and a receptionist, a high volume copier, etc) but one lawyer usually does not come close to fully utilizing these services. S
Why spanking your children is becoming less accepted by society.
It's illegal to beat anyone, why would it be legal to beat your child? Also it's a bad tool to actually instruct your child with. Think about it like this, 2 children join their parents for a birthday
Why is plastic surgery for hands so ineffectve? We see many ageing celebrities with young-looking faces, but their hands always give away their true age. There’s surely a market for it, so what’s h…
You ever notice how people with a lot of work done on their faces can't be very expressive because their faces don't move as much? Now imagine the mobility in your hands is that limited. People are wi
why was greek culture chosen for fraternities/sororities?
In 1776, the first fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary, by a man named John Heath. He made the first *Greek*-letter fraternity. John actually tried, and failed,
Why is it hard to snap out of deep thinking
Serious comment and I’m not trying to make fun of you. You might actually have ADD. You’re basically describing it.
why a lot of watches with Roman numerals use ‘IIII’ for the number 4 instead of ‘IV’.
They are made by people that do not know Roman Numeral (generally in asia) and it is actually a sign of the watch being low quality.
Why is there Bombings in Volgograd? What does Chechnya hope to accomplish by bombing russia? Independence?
Chechnyans have been bombing the land for decades now, most of the times they just don't get that much coverage. But now there's the Olympics which intrigues Western media as well. But they're doing i
Why are every statue of Atlas, from Greek mythology, shown holding a globe when it was supposedly only later that people realized the world was a sphere?
Yes the greeks thought the earth was a sphere. The earliest recorded mentions of a spherical earth was in 6th century BC right before the greek empire reached its climax. This wouldnt become a common