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Today my friend told me that King John considered converting England to Islam to win support of Arabs against the threat of France. How true is this story?

367 upvotes • yingguopingguo

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Bro, when did people start lifting?

367 upvotes • mcollins1

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Did president Lincoln want to unequivocally grant slaves the same rights as whites, or would he have supported something like "separate but equal?"

367 upvotes • Pineapple__Jews

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Today, sixpacks are widely considered to be sexy. What specific male features were considered sexy in Ancient Rome?

367 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did sailors firing cannons on large man-o-war ships suffer permanent hearing loss that prevented them from performing their duties, and were they ever discharged from service because of this?

367 upvotes • steveo-

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My Grandfather passed away earlier this year. He talked a few times about growing up during the war but there's so many questions I still want to ask. Anyone know what the position of the man in the German uniform is? (My great grandfather) Circa 1943

367 upvotes • potatoplumber

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A medieval city is "sacked". What is actually happening?

367 upvotes • Niwirai

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Some people in Hong Kong seem to have very fond memories of its colonial past. How much rights did non-British Hong Konger have in the colonial period? How did these rights evolve over time, and why did the British give or revoke these rights?

367 upvotes • zhrmghg

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Did the US Navy really launch an investigation into a fictional woman named Dorothy at the head of a supposed homosexual conspiracy?

367 upvotes • ln2lh2

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The plot of the feudal-Korean-politics-meets-zombie-epidemic Netflix show Kingdom (2019) is based on passage in the "Annals of the Josean Dynasty" which described that hundreds of thousands of Koreans suffered "inexplicable deaths." What passage was this? How true is that claim?

367 upvotes • rickycarwash

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Today my friend told me that King John considered converting England to Islam to win support of Arabs against the threat of France. How true is this story?	367	yingguopingguo
Bro, when did people start lifting?	367	mcollins1
Did president Lincoln want to unequivocally grant slaves the same rights as whites, or would he have supported something like "separate but equal?"	367	Pineapple__Jews
Today, sixpacks are widely considered to be sexy. What specific male features were considered sexy in Ancient Rome?	367	[deleted]
Did sailors firing cannons on large man-o-war ships suffer permanent hearing loss that prevented them from performing their duties, and were they ever discharged from service because of this?	367	steveo-
My Grandfather passed away earlier this year. He talked a few times about growing up during the war but there's so many questions I still want to ask. Anyone know what the position of the man in the German uniform is? (My great grandfather) Circa 1943	367	potatoplumber
A medieval city is "sacked". What is actually happening?	367	Niwirai
Some people in Hong Kong seem to have very fond memories of its colonial past. How much rights did non-British Hong Konger have in the colonial period? How did these rights evolve over time, and why did the British give or revoke these rights?	367	zhrmghg
Did the US Navy really launch an investigation into a fictional woman named Dorothy at the head of a supposed homosexual conspiracy?	367	ln2lh2
The plot of the feudal-Korean-politics-meets-zombie-epidemic Netflix show Kingdom (2019) is based on passage in the "Annals of the Josean Dynasty" which described that hundreds of thousands of Koreans suffered "inexplicable deaths." What passage was this? How true is that claim?	367	rickycarwash