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Whatever happened to the segregated facilities (bathrooms, etc.) from the Jim Crow era?

138 upvotes • thisisathrowaway_900

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What is the history behind why England has such diverse accents, even though the distance between the areas is so close together?

138 upvotes • TukTukPirate

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Did anyone living in West Berlin ever "escape" to East Berlin?

138 upvotes • aceraspire8920

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Especially before the industrial revolution, parents had sex while their children were (presumably) sleeping in the same room. When and by whom, then the claim that children witnessing sex or pornography traumatising children has come from? NSFW

138 upvotes • cantamer

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[Film Pitch] The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec empire was neither Spanish nor a Conquest (nor was it an empire, nor of Aztecs for that matter...)

138 upvotes • DomingoDeChimalpahin

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So two Frankish Knights and a Bishop walk into a Turkish bathhouse... What examples of Crusader-Era jokes do we have?

138 upvotes • ecmrush

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In the song, 'Good 'Ol Rebel,' the speaker says he "hates the Constitution" and "hates the Declaration of Independence" Did any Confederates actually reject the American experiment outright?

138 upvotes • 634425

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"In the Japanese navy, sailors reacted to additions of Western food (meat and bread) by sneaking their bread out of the galley and throwing it over." Why did sailors in the early Meiji era react so negatively to these rations?

138 upvotes • electrovalent

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In Godzilla (1954), the device to kill the titular monster is called the Oxygen Destroyer, even in the original Japanese dialogue. Why was the English phrase used? Alternatively, what connotations did using untranslated English (pseudo-)scientific terminology have in 1950's Japan?

138 upvotes • JJVMT

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In 1990, an amendment to the Clean Air Act was passed in a bipartisan manner. Yet, in 2001, the US pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. How did climate change turn from a bipartisan to a partisan issue in those 11 years?

138 upvotes • King_Vercingetorix

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Whatever happened to the segregated facilities (bathrooms, etc.) from the Jim Crow era?	138	thisisathrowaway_900
What is the history behind why England has such diverse accents, even though the distance between the areas is so close together?	138	TukTukPirate
Did anyone living in West Berlin ever "escape" to East Berlin?	138	aceraspire8920
Especially before the industrial revolution, parents had sex while their children were (presumably) sleeping in the same room. When and by whom, then the claim that children witnessing sex or pornography traumatising children has come from? NSFW	138	cantamer
[Film Pitch] The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec empire was neither Spanish nor a Conquest (nor was it an empire, nor of Aztecs for that matter...)	138	DomingoDeChimalpahin
So two Frankish Knights and a Bishop walk into a Turkish bathhouse... What examples of Crusader-Era jokes do we have?	138	ecmrush
In the song, 'Good 'Ol Rebel,' the speaker says he "hates the Constitution" and "hates the Declaration of Independence" Did any Confederates actually reject the American experiment outright?	138	634425
"In the Japanese navy, sailors reacted to additions of Western food (meat and bread) by sneaking their bread out of the galley and throwing it over." Why did sailors in the early Meiji era react so negatively to these rations?	138	electrovalent
In Godzilla (1954), the device to kill the titular monster is called the Oxygen Destroyer, even in the original Japanese dialogue. Why was the English phrase used? Alternatively, what connotations did using untranslated English (pseudo-)scientific terminology have in 1950's Japan?	138	JJVMT
In 1990, an amendment to the Clean Air Act was passed in a bipartisan manner. Yet, in 2001, the US pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. How did climate change turn from a bipartisan to a partisan issue in those 11 years?	138	King_Vercingetorix