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Would it be correct to say that Liberia was colonized by Black Americans? Or at the very least a caste system was put in place?

143 upvotes • J2quared

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Monday Methods- The Universal Museum and looted artifacts: restitution, repatriation, and recent developments.

143 upvotes • Commustar

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NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary, why was it created in the first place?

143 upvotes • optiplex9000

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Did bosses really just... Go to their employees' for supper in 1950s America, like in sitcoms?

143 upvotes • Punderstruck

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I saw on r/historyporn a anti-KKK group called the knights of the invisible jungle of the tiger's eye. Was that some sort of anti kkk joke, or something lost in history?

143 upvotes • begomeordodocks

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It’s often said that Queen Elizabeth the first could speak Italian. But Tuscan wasn’t standardized until well after her death. What dialect did she speak?

143 upvotes • ButterscotchOk8112

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Was crime up or down in the US in the years 1941-1946? When a massive chunk of the population was overseas

143 upvotes • gandalfv31415

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In a meeting with FDR, Ibn Saud reportedly protested the idea that Israel should be in the Middle East, instead suggesting that it should be in Bavaria (Germany). But why Bavaria?

143 upvotes • King_Vercingetorix

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Perennially misunderstood for over 350 years, I, René Descartes, hereby unveil the final lost volume of my magnum opus, The World. AMA - you ask, therefore I am.

143 upvotes • piezoelectron

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Would it be correct to say that Liberia was colonized by Black Americans? Or at the very least a caste system was put in place?	143	J2quared
Monday Methods- The Universal Museum and looted artifacts: restitution, repatriation, and recent developments.	143	Commustar
NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary, why was it created in the first place?	143	optiplex9000
Did bosses really just... Go to their employees' for supper in 1950s America, like in sitcoms?	143	Punderstruck
I saw on r/historyporn a anti-KKK group called the knights of the invisible jungle of the tiger's eye. Was that some sort of anti kkk joke, or something lost in history?	143	begomeordodocks
It’s often said that Queen Elizabeth the first could speak Italian. But Tuscan wasn’t standardized until well after her death. What dialect did she speak?	143	ButterscotchOk8112
Was crime up or down in the US in the years 1941-1946? When a massive chunk of the population was overseas	143	gandalfv31415
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In a meeting with FDR, Ibn Saud reportedly protested the idea that Israel should be in the Middle East, instead suggesting that it should be in Bavaria (Germany). But why Bavaria?	143	King_Vercingetorix
Perennially misunderstood for over 350 years, I, René Descartes, hereby unveil the final lost volume of my magnum opus, The World. AMA - you ask, therefore I am.	143	piezoelectron