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Was Caligula as insane and depraved as he is commonly depicted to have been?

138 upvotes • td4999

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Did Fidel Castro Deliberately Send Che Geuvara on a Suicide Mission?

138 upvotes • Hunchback85

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What was the Japanese reaction to the atom bomb? Did they know right away it a was a nuclear weapon? What were the initial reports like and how did they describe it?

138 upvotes • literallyarcher_

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In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is there a historical inside joke why the French are launching a cow over the walls, or is Monty Python just portraying the French as udderly ridiculous?

138 upvotes • LordAnubis10

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Is it true that the Confederacy tried to experiment with pike formations in the American Civil War? If so how did this idea develop?

138 upvotes • TheEarthShallTremble

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So I'm reading Volume Two of Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin' and in it he argues that the famine in Ukraine was not deliberate. Is this a break with mainstream history regarding the issue?

138 upvotes • mabelleamie

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What did they do in ancient times if your wisdom teeth became impacted?

138 upvotes • twosplits

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The idea of "teenagers" being a distinct stage of life seems to be a 20th century culture phenomenon. Where did the idea come from? Was it a creation of the popular media, or a reflection of an already-existing change in social development?

138 upvotes • td4999

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What’s the history of ball pits?

138 upvotes • GuyNoirPI

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In America, Why Has Christianity Primarily Fallen Into The Conservative Political Group Instead Of Liberalism?

138 upvotes • Trimbiner

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Caligula as insane and depraved as he is commonly depicted to have been?	138	td4999
Did Fidel Castro Deliberately Send Che Geuvara on a Suicide Mission?	138	Hunchback85
What was the Japanese reaction to the atom bomb? Did they know right away it a was a nuclear weapon? What were the initial reports like and how did they describe it?	138	literallyarcher_
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is there a historical inside joke why the French are launching a cow over the walls, or is Monty Python just portraying the French as udderly ridiculous?	138	LordAnubis10
Is it true that the Confederacy tried to experiment with pike formations in the American Civil War? If so how did this idea develop?	138	TheEarthShallTremble
So I'm reading Volume Two of Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin' and in it he argues that the famine in Ukraine was not deliberate. Is this a break with mainstream history regarding the issue?	138	mabelleamie
What did they do in ancient times if your wisdom teeth became impacted?	138	twosplits
The idea of "teenagers" being a distinct stage of life seems to be a 20th century culture phenomenon. Where did the idea come from? Was it a creation of the popular media, or a reflection of an already-existing change in social development?	138	td4999
What’s the history of ball pits?	138	GuyNoirPI
In America, Why Has Christianity Primarily Fallen Into The Conservative Political Group Instead Of Liberalism?	138	Trimbiner