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What did the Greco-Roman predict about their future? Did they believe in an end-time event like the Abrahamic Faiths or did they have a circular view of time like the Buddhists?

364 upvotes • Initial-Brush2664

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Were coat hangers ever really used for at-home abortions?

364 upvotes • AxelShoes

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In 1956, the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian Revolution with 30,000 troops. In 1968, the Warsaw Pact had to use nearly 500,000 troops to invade Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring. Why such a big discrepancy to stop what ostensibly was a "softer" revolution in 1968 than 1956?

364 upvotes • GeneReddit123

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Did the pizza industry, particularly small mom and pop chains, experience any unusual or notable growth (if any) between the years 1988 to 1996 due to the popularity and televised syndication of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? What was the industry like as a whole before the show aired?

364 upvotes • whitesummerside

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How exactly was slavery status of a newborn "calculated" in the US?

364 upvotes • t0rnap0rt

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In movies archers are always given the order to "Fire", is this an accurate command?

363 upvotes • JeSuisAmiralAckbar

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What's the likelihood that the legacy of King Richard III was mostly Tudor propaganda to secure their claim to the English Throne?

363 upvotes • t_bagger

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Have there been any serious attempts to locate the tomb of Attila the Hun?

363 upvotes • kongde

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What is the most ancient battle/war we have knowledge off ? What where the details of it ?

363 upvotes • RobBobGlove

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Before the modern bathroom, were any major scandals caused by monarchs with bad indigestion, Crohn's disease, and the like?

363 upvotes • averysillyredditor

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What did the Greco-Roman predict about their future? Did they believe in an end-time event like the Abrahamic Faiths or did they have a circular view of time like the Buddhists?	364	Initial-Brush2664
Were coat hangers ever really used for at-home abortions?	364	AxelShoes
In 1956, the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian Revolution with 30,000 troops. In 1968, the Warsaw Pact had to use nearly 500,000 troops to invade Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring. Why such a big discrepancy to stop what ostensibly was a "softer" revolution in 1968 than 1956?	364	GeneReddit123
Did the pizza industry, particularly small mom and pop chains, experience any unusual or notable growth (if any) between the years 1988 to 1996 due to the popularity and televised syndication of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? What was the industry like as a whole before the show aired?	364	whitesummerside
How exactly was slavery status of a newborn "calculated" in the US?	364	t0rnap0rt
In movies archers are always given the order to "Fire", is this an accurate command?	363	JeSuisAmiralAckbar
What's the likelihood that the legacy of King Richard III was mostly Tudor propaganda to secure their claim to the English Throne?	363	t_bagger
Have there been any serious attempts to locate the tomb of Attila the Hun?	363	kongde
What is the most ancient battle/war we have knowledge off ? What where the details of it ?	363	RobBobGlove
Before the modern bathroom, were any major scandals caused by monarchs with bad indigestion, Crohn's disease, and the like?	363	averysillyredditor