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What happend to the global anarchist movement that caused it to seemingly disappear in the early 20th century?

356 upvotes • clydex

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How would Royal marriages work, in respect of governance, when the two participants were both ruling monarchs in their own rights?

356 upvotes • WhatIsEddMayNeverDie

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[Review] I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find no Jews in this movie! Or, how Casablanca is somehow the most and least Jewish movie ever (and I should know)

356 upvotes • AlwaysHaveCasablanca

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In Roman cities, so many aspects of what we think of as private home life - eating, bathing, shaving - were done in public. How did this impact cultural feelings of community, home life, and personal privacy?

356 upvotes • hypocrite_deer

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In Crazy Rich Asians, Mrs Young buys a hotel after being denied entry. This is a common trope for the ultra-rich, but did it ever happen in history?

356 upvotes • TheOriginalSoni2

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Where does the concept of "breakfast food" come from?

356 upvotes • KaiTheKaiser

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I often see people pointing to the Hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic as "proof" you should have Gold or Silver. But could you actually buy food or other necessities with Gold or Silver?

356 upvotes • VersusWorldChannel

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[META] Welcome to new readers, and some reminders about conduct

355 upvotes • NMW

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Why was the Israeli air force so vastly superior to its Egyptian and Syrian counterparts in the Yom Kippur War?

355 upvotes • occupykony

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How did circumcision grow from a practice of Judaism into a popular practice in Western medicine?

355 upvotes • im89milk

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happend to the global anarchist movement that caused it to seemingly disappear in the early 20th century?	356	clydex
How would Royal marriages work, in respect of governance, when the two participants were both ruling monarchs in their own rights?	356	WhatIsEddMayNeverDie
[Review] I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find no Jews in this movie! Or, how Casablanca is somehow the most and least Jewish movie ever (and I should know)	356	AlwaysHaveCasablanca
In Roman cities, so many aspects of what we think of as private home life - eating, bathing, shaving - were done in public. How did this impact cultural feelings of community, home life, and personal privacy?	356	hypocrite_deer
In Crazy Rich Asians, Mrs Young buys a hotel after being denied entry. This is a common trope for the ultra-rich, but did it ever happen in history?	356	TheOriginalSoni2
Where does the concept of "breakfast food" come from?	356	KaiTheKaiser
I often see people pointing to the Hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic as "proof" you should have Gold or Silver. But could you actually buy food or other necessities with Gold or Silver?	356	VersusWorldChannel
[META] Welcome to new readers, and some reminders about conduct	355	NMW
Why was the Israeli air force so vastly superior to its Egyptian and Syrian counterparts in the Yom Kippur War?	355	occupykony
How did circumcision grow from a practice of Judaism into a popular practice in Western medicine?	355	im89milk