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In most history classes we learn that France was in massive debt after fighting in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution, which was a cause of the French Revolution. Who exactly was France indebted to?

359 upvotes • Execute-Order-66

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The United Kingdom has had a Prime Minister since 1721, but at what point did the PM begin to overtake the monarch in political power?

359 upvotes • PopsicleIncorporated

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Why does San Marino exist? What was so unique about that area that it did not become part of Italy during unification, and instead became a microstate?

359 upvotes • [deleted]

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How did colonists and native tribes learn eachothers languages, and how did they manage to communicate when they first met?

359 upvotes • Diccboi69

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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is known as a 'Grand Duchy' and for much of the middle ages was no more than that. Weirdly this 20th century Swiss map calls Lithuania an empre starting 1345. Is there any evidence to back this up?

359 upvotes • Barsukis

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Children bringing apples for their elementary school teachers is a common trope in American pop culture from the first half of the 20th century. Was this actually a common thing for children to do, and it so how did it become a thing? What made the practice fall out of favor?

359 upvotes • quesoandcats

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Is the Nuclear Family, with a Stay-at-Home mom, a short lived anomaly in Western history?

359 upvotes • houdvast

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What stopped people on long term sea voyages from dying of dehydration? Or could they really just take along that much fresh water

359 upvotes • CallMeDelta

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What do historians know about the Y Chromosome Bottleneck, 7000 to 5000 years before present?

359 upvotes • jollybumpkin

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In the 19th century, many Indian students would go on to study in British universities. What were the inter-personal relations like between them and native white British students? Did people stay within their communities or was there greater amount of mingling?

359 upvotes • Shashank1000

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In most history classes we learn that France was in massive debt after fighting in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution, which was a cause of the French Revolution. Who exactly was France indebted to?	359	Execute-Order-66
The United Kingdom has had a Prime Minister since 1721, but at what point did the PM begin to overtake the monarch in political power?	359	PopsicleIncorporated
Why does San Marino exist? What was so unique about that area that it did not become part of Italy during unification, and instead became a microstate?	359	[deleted]
How did colonists and native tribes learn eachothers languages, and how did they manage to communicate when they first met?	359	Diccboi69
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is known as a 'Grand Duchy' and for much of the middle ages was no more than that. Weirdly this 20th century Swiss map calls Lithuania an empre starting 1345. Is there any evidence to back this up?	359	Barsukis
Children bringing apples for their elementary school teachers is a common trope in American pop culture from the first half of the 20th century. Was this actually a common thing for children to do, and it so how did it become a thing? What made the practice fall out of favor?	359	quesoandcats
Is the Nuclear Family, with a Stay-at-Home mom, a short lived anomaly in Western history?	359	houdvast
What stopped people on long term sea voyages from dying of dehydration? Or could they really just take along that much fresh water	359	CallMeDelta
What do historians know about the Y Chromosome Bottleneck, 7000 to 5000 years before present?	359	jollybumpkin
In the 19th century, many Indian students would go on to study in British universities. What were the inter-personal relations like between them and native white British students? Did people stay within their communities or was there greater amount of mingling?	359	Shashank1000