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Why were Sikh warriors so heavily armed?

362 upvotes • Von_Baron

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How close are archeologists to discovering the site of Plato's cave?

362 upvotes • smeaglelovesmaster

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When did we start using the letter 'Z' in popular culture to signify sleeping?

362 upvotes • save_the_andrews

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Paul never met Jesus. So how is it that his letters make up such a significant portion of the New Testament?

362 upvotes • xaxers

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[Serious] If beaver pelts were so highly sought after from the "new world," why wasn't the North American beaver domesticated along the lines of the fox and mink fur trade? Was there really that big on an abundance in the wild, or was there some other reason?

362 upvotes • BabsBabyFace

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Was the US Navy considered a gay haven before the Village People song?

362 upvotes • johnpetermarjorie

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So the Chinese had some vague notion of the Roman Empire and called it Da Qin. What did the Romans knew about China? Did they even know that it exists?

362 upvotes • TheStradivarius

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Did any ancient civilisation ever actually build the kinds of complex mechanical puzzles you see in popular fiction like Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, National Treasure etc?

362 upvotes • LanaKanesGiantHands

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I know about how the protestant reformation was seen as a serious threat to the Catholic church, but what was the Orthodox church’s reaction to the protestant reformation?

362 upvotes • BlitzenKriegen

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Were Jews well-known among common Romans, or were they a minor, insignificant people from a far fringe of the empire?

362 upvotes • DaDerpyDude

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why were Sikh warriors so heavily armed?	362	Von_Baron
How close are archeologists to discovering the site of Plato's cave?	362	smeaglelovesmaster
When did we start using the letter 'Z' in popular culture to signify sleeping?	362	save_the_andrews
Paul never met Jesus. So how is it that his letters make up such a significant portion of the New Testament?	362	xaxers
[Serious] If beaver pelts were so highly sought after from the "new world," why wasn't the North American beaver domesticated along the lines of the fox and mink fur trade? Was there really that big on an abundance in the wild, or was there some other reason?	362	BabsBabyFace
Was the US Navy considered a gay haven before the Village People song?	362	johnpetermarjorie
So the Chinese had some vague notion of the Roman Empire and called it Da Qin. What did the Romans knew about China? Did they even know that it exists?	362	TheStradivarius
Did any ancient civilisation ever actually build the kinds of complex mechanical puzzles you see in popular fiction like Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, National Treasure etc?	362	LanaKanesGiantHands
I know about how the protestant reformation was seen as a serious threat to the Catholic church, but what was the Orthodox church’s reaction to the protestant reformation?	362	BlitzenKriegen
Were Jews well-known among common Romans, or were they a minor, insignificant people from a far fringe of the empire?	362	DaDerpyDude