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When did rice start being widely used as a staple food in Western Europe?

715 upvotes • Tehjaliz

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In "A Winter's Tale," William Shakespeare describes Bohemia as a country with a coastline and a desert. Would Bohemia, still a very powerful kingdom at the time, be that obscure to someone as well-read and knowledgeable as Shakespeare?

715 upvotes • horseboy911

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A century after Muhammad, a Berber King in Morocco proclaimed himself his successor and wrote down "revelations" in a book also called Quran, with 80 chapters and somewhat different rules and teachings. What do we know about this "Quran 2" and its followers?

715 upvotes • fan_of_the_pikachu

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Was anti-semitic "humor" popular in Nazi Germany prior to more actively anti-semitic policies? Has there been research done on whether comedy contributed significantly to the environment that led to the Holocaust?

715 upvotes • SaintShrink

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Why did France decriminalize homosexuality?

715 upvotes • ArsenicAndJoy

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Were America’s wars in the Middle East really all about oil?

715 upvotes • siyuzh

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Please settle a heated Christmas debate. Who sharpened medieval people's knives?

715 upvotes • Talonsminty

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Why did the British treat the Irish so badly?

714 upvotes • Jugistodelumo

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Before Americans sent a man to the moon in 1969, what did people believe was on the moon? Did they believe it was inhabited by anything? Did they believe the composition of the moon was different (e.g. moon made of cheese)?

714 upvotes • EasySchmitty

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Why were the Indo-Europeans so good at settling themselves all over Europe and India, and linguistically wiping out the other pre-PIE languages (minus like, Basque)?

714 upvotes • GroundedSausage

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When did rice start being widely used as a staple food in Western Europe?	715	Tehjaliz
In "A Winter's Tale," William Shakespeare describes Bohemia as a country with a coastline and a desert. Would Bohemia, still a very powerful kingdom at the time, be that obscure to someone as well-read and knowledgeable as Shakespeare?	715	horseboy911
A century after Muhammad, a Berber King in Morocco proclaimed himself his successor and wrote down "revelations" in a book also called Quran, with 80 chapters and somewhat different rules and teachings. What do we know about this "Quran 2" and its followers?	715	fan_of_the_pikachu
Was anti-semitic "humor" popular in Nazi Germany prior to more actively anti-semitic policies? Has there been research done on whether comedy contributed significantly to the environment that led to the Holocaust?	715	SaintShrink
Why did France decriminalize homosexuality?	715	ArsenicAndJoy
Were America’s wars in the Middle East really all about oil?	715	siyuzh
Please settle a heated Christmas debate. Who sharpened medieval people's knives?	715	Talonsminty
Why did the British treat the Irish so badly?	714	Jugistodelumo
Before Americans sent a man to the moon in 1969, what did people believe was on the moon? Did they believe it was inhabited by anything? Did they believe the composition of the moon was different (e.g. moon made of cheese)?	714	EasySchmitty
Why were the Indo-Europeans so good at settling themselves all over Europe and India, and linguistically wiping out the other pre-PIE languages (minus like, Basque)?	714	GroundedSausage