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Was Thomas Jefferson regarded as a good President among the contemporary US population?

365 upvotes • Gonarhxus

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A stereotypical item of medieval women's clothing is a very tall conical hat with a wisp of gauzy cloth attached to the top. How long was this actually fashionable for?

365 upvotes • Brickie78

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It seems as though black boxers were accepted much sooner than black athletes in most other sports. Is my perception correct, and if so, why was this the case?

365 upvotes • CarnalKid

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I have heard that some Mayan Codices are known to exist in unopened pottery, but these aren't opened as the fragile texts would disintegrate, so we wait for technology to some day help. Is this true, and, if so, how many have been found and how close are we to reading them?

365 upvotes • Xaminaf

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Is it a coincidence that movements like abolitionism, civil rights, universal suffrage, feminism, gay rights and so on all seem to have become such major social forces in roughly the last 100-200 years, or is there some broader explanation for this dramatic shift in morality, law, etc?

365 upvotes • LorenzoApophis

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What happened to the convictions of people who violated Jim Crow laws ?

365 upvotes • TheCrimsonnerGinge

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Two of Washington State's most influential alternative rock bands (the Melvins and Nirvana) sprang up in and around Aberdeen, a small lumber town far from the state's urban centers. Did 1980's Aberdeen have any special traits that would make this fact less unlikely than it would seem on the surface?

365 upvotes • JJVMT

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In 1982, how did the United States react to their allies in the UK declaring war against the Argentinian military junta that they also tacitly supported?

365 upvotes • BingBlessAmerica

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Why did most civilizations shift from barley to wheat as their staple?

365 upvotes • MrSixtyTwo

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Friar Tuck (of Robin Hood Fame) was expelled from his order but kept preaching, sort of. How should he have been acting? Was ministering to outcasts living in a forest a legitimate task for a friar? Who would have paid for a Friar's food and upkeep? Did they have church supervisors to check in with?

365 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Was Thomas Jefferson regarded as a good President among the contemporary US population?	365	Gonarhxus
A stereotypical item of medieval women's clothing is a very tall conical hat with a wisp of gauzy cloth attached to the top. How long was this actually fashionable for?	365	Brickie78
It seems as though black boxers were accepted much sooner than black athletes in most other sports. Is my perception correct, and if so, why was this the case?	365	CarnalKid
I have heard that some Mayan Codices are known to exist in unopened pottery, but these aren't opened as the fragile texts would disintegrate, so we wait for technology to some day help. Is this true, and, if so, how many have been found and how close are we to reading them?	365	Xaminaf
Is it a coincidence that movements like abolitionism, civil rights, universal suffrage, feminism, gay rights and so on all seem to have become such major social forces in roughly the last 100-200 years, or is there some broader explanation for this dramatic shift in morality, law, etc?	365	LorenzoApophis
What happened to the convictions of people who violated Jim Crow laws ?	365	TheCrimsonnerGinge
Two of Washington State's most influential alternative rock bands (the Melvins and Nirvana) sprang up in and around Aberdeen, a small lumber town far from the state's urban centers. Did 1980's Aberdeen have any special traits that would make this fact less unlikely than it would seem on the surface?	365	JJVMT
In 1982, how did the United States react to their allies in the UK declaring war against the Argentinian military junta that they also tacitly supported?	365	BingBlessAmerica
Why did most civilizations shift from barley to wheat as their staple?	365	MrSixtyTwo
Friar Tuck (of Robin Hood Fame) was expelled from his order but kept preaching, sort of. How should he have been acting? Was ministering to outcasts living in a forest a legitimate task for a friar? Who would have paid for a Friar's food and upkeep? Did they have church supervisors to check in with?	365	RusticBohemian