I have trouble imagining a society of humans who wouldn't cover their genitals in public, ever. Did those really exist?

Edit: oops, I meant "Adam's finery", a description of Squantum.

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I googled that Bismarck was the first to implement welfare state, but did he came up with the concept and was he really first to implement it? I heard that Martin Luther came up with welfare state or something like of it, I don't know if this is true, please tell me.

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I have been reading a lot about the Knights of Malta (as they came to be known) and what interests me is the fact that even for centuries after the original crusades ended they continued to fight using ships and joing every christian alliance the could. Did any other of the crusader orders continue to fight in the same way as the Knights of Malta did or were they unique? Side note: Can anyone recoment me some good books about any later crusades and books on the Knights of malta between 1400-1798??

Excluding Volkswagen, obviously.

Note: It's my understanding that Henry Ford was extremely antisemitic, but discouraged violence against Jews. However, he was the recipient of the highest honor the Germans could give to a foreigner, which he accepted. That is my reasoning behind considering him a sympathizer. If I'm wrong, however, or if you disagree, call me out!

I'm reading "A Day In The Life Of Ancient Rome" by Alberto Angela. In it he states that according to a document discovered by archaeologists, the second century city of ancient Rome had 46,602 insulae (an insulae being an ancient apartment complex) in an area of roughly 5000 acres (the estimated area of the second century city of Rome). How is this possible? This means at the very best an insulae would be only one-tenth of an acre in size. Someone is missing something somewhere. Is it me?

So there's some background, a game called World of Warships just released a fictional version of the HMS Hood, and a royal navy veteran Youtuber explained its history by recounting the traditional Navy narrative: that the captains of RN ships were promoted from XOs whose primary job was decoration and paintjobs rather than gunnery training. Given that the "underarmored magazine" story for Jutland is disputed, how much does this traditional explanation hold up in light of contemporary naval history?

Watched a few minutes of Ancient Aliens on Pumapunku, and felt that the entire thing was incredibly sensationalized.

Having studied the pyramids of Egypt, there is nothing magical about them, ; and I would like a similar take on Pumapunku. I have always been fascinated with ancient constructs and their origins. I also prefer a more scientific analysis, rather than an entirely speculative one.

A quick search on wikipedia reveals that the site isn't that old. I feel like the show presented it as more 'pre-history' than not, but honestly I was getting too upset with it to be reliable. Roman Engineering predates this site, and the Romans built some equally impressive sites.

So rather than aliens...

What does this site tell us about what appears to be one of our more advanced ancient cultures? What where their tools like? What other sites are similarly built? How big was their culture? What was their territorial holdings?

More than willing to do some further reading on this.

I recently learned about the 2010-2011 Belgian parliament that was unable to form a majority coalition for over 500 days. Has any parliamentary democracy gone longer without forming a government, if so how did they eventually resolve it?

Also, how exactly does a country continue to run for that long without a functioning legislative branch?

With the Roman Legion about 150,000 strong, there was obviously a a large need for weapons and armor. Before the days of enormous metal casting plants, how would the Romans have gathered all of the (rather complex) equipment necessary for all of the soldiers?

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I remember reading Alan Turing always lost a job to someone less qualified because he couldn't talk about what he did during the War.

But for me, that raises the question. What did Bletchley park employees say they did during the war?

I should stress, though I would like a modern history, I prefer to read primary sources when they're available. Too bad Ptolemy's works are lost...

William Leahy, who was Truman’s personal chief of staff, wrote in his memoir that the “Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender" Is there additional evidence to support this claim?

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I'm thinking that seafarers would be able to catch a lot of their food 'on the fly' as it were....

But I'm not sure if you can catch fish off a moving ship.

I seen some Captain's logs but I don't remember seeing anything about what fish were caught.

To narrow my question down, between the years 1500 to 1850AD. What are the records for procuring fish while in transit?

Thanks!

(I thought of this while holding forth over a plate of my wife's salted cod and spaghetti tonight.)

They could have used it against the British if they were to conduct Operation Sea lion.

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