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Why are former English colonies currently much more developed than former Spanish or Portuguese colonies?

138 upvotes • lzm

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Have twins ever been heirs to a throne?

138 upvotes • I_SCIENTIST

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What equivalents to the Magna Carta existed in other cultures, limiting the powers of the monarch? How were they negotiated and how effective were they?

138 upvotes • Megatron_McLargeHuge

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How did Ethiopia end up being land-locked? It seems like Eritrea "intentionally" took their coast land, as the Eritrea land along the coast is so narrow.

138 upvotes • blueskies21

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Did the Great Wall actually provide any tactical benefit to China? How did affect the political/military/economic landscape of the time?

138 upvotes • KingToasty

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Why didn't the airborne divisions attack the beach defences from behind on D-Day?

138 upvotes • White_Sox

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Why does the U.S. have a 25 cent coin, but a $20 bill?

138 upvotes • spikebrennan

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Why was Saint Pierre and Miquelon returned to France multiple times and not annexed along with the rest of French North America by the British?

138 upvotes • [deleted]

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In 1649 Puritan Massachusetts, if a child was born out of wedlock, what would be that child's last name and what would be his/her legal rights?

138 upvotes • smellyorange

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AMA about the history of the 19th-Century American West (or how to find a job in public history)

138 upvotes • itsallfolklore

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are former English colonies currently much more developed than former Spanish or Portuguese colonies?	138	lzm
Have twins ever been heirs to a throne?	138	I_SCIENTIST
What equivalents to the Magna Carta existed in other cultures, limiting the powers of the monarch? How were they negotiated and how effective were they?	138	Megatron_McLargeHuge
How did Ethiopia end up being land-locked? It seems like Eritrea "intentionally" took their coast land, as the Eritrea land along the coast is so narrow.	138	blueskies21
Did the Great Wall actually provide any tactical benefit to China? How did affect the political/military/economic landscape of the time?	138	KingToasty
Why didn't the airborne divisions attack the beach defences from behind on D-Day?	138	White_Sox
Why does the U.S. have a 25 cent coin, but a $20 bill?	138	spikebrennan
Why was Saint Pierre and Miquelon returned to France multiple times and not annexed along with the rest of French North America by the British?	138	[deleted]
In 1649 Puritan Massachusetts, if a child was born out of wedlock, what would be that child's last name and what would be his/her legal rights?	138	smellyorange
AMA about the history of the 19th-Century American West (or how to find a job in public history)	138	itsallfolklore