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Tuesday Trivia: Christmas! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!

146 upvotes • AlanSnooring

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In your field of study/period of interes, what do we know now that we didn't ~30 years ago?

146 upvotes • Kuollut_marsu

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Every Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch since 1445 (or 1293, depending on how you count) has been named "Ignatius". Why?

146 upvotes • Homomorphism

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Is it true that unemployed British men stayed in the finest hotels in Vienna, in the post-ww1 era, as due to hyper-inflation it was cheaper than staying at home?

146 upvotes • worldofoysters

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Did Roman recruits get a say in which legion they joined? Were transfer requests to other legions granted? Could commanders reassign legionnaires to different legions?

146 upvotes • nuttyalmond

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Was Gandhi austere image a show?

146 upvotes • Mamothamon

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Why didn't Muslim traders/explorers visit Europe although they visited other non-Muslim regions and continents. What did Muslims think of Europeans in the Middle Ages?

146 upvotes • Haunting-Mushroom848

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Before electricity, what were visions of the future like? (x-post from /r/answers)

146 upvotes • bryce1234

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Did the Ottoman Empire try to establish colonies like european powers did? Why didn't it succeed or why didn't they try?

146 upvotes • Theropissed

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With most of us having over a 1000 songs digitally, how many different songs would a person hear over a lifetime in a village or town 1-5 thousand years ago?

146 upvotes • steakhause

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Tuesday Trivia: Christmas! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!	146	AlanSnooring
In your field of study/period of interes, what do we know now that we didn't ~30 years ago?	146	Kuollut_marsu
Every Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch since 1445 (or 1293, depending on how you count) has been named "Ignatius". Why?	146	Homomorphism
Is it true that unemployed British men stayed in the finest hotels in Vienna, in the post-ww1 era, as due to hyper-inflation it was cheaper than staying at home?	146	worldofoysters
Did Roman recruits get a say in which legion they joined? Were transfer requests to other legions granted? Could commanders reassign legionnaires to different legions?	146	nuttyalmond
Was Gandhi austere image a show?	146	Mamothamon
Why didn't Muslim traders/explorers visit Europe although they visited other non-Muslim regions and continents. What did Muslims think of Europeans in the Middle Ages?	146	Haunting-Mushroom848
Before electricity, what were visions of the future like? (x-post from /r/answers)	146	bryce1234
Did the Ottoman Empire try to establish colonies like european powers did? Why didn't it succeed or why didn't they try?	146	Theropissed
With most of us having over a 1000 songs digitally, how many different songs would a person hear over a lifetime in a village or town 1-5 thousand years ago?	146	steakhause