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How did people live in houses before mortgages?

346 upvotes • StickyThoPhi

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[META] A note on modern politics

345 upvotes • NMW

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Why was Pompeii only excavated in ~1748? Did the romans make any rescue efforts in 79 A.D.?

345 upvotes • Cpt-Ed

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History vs. Imagination in de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom - The Realities of 18th Century Libertinism? NSFW

345 upvotes • DrRobert91

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Most war movies now depict Hitler as menacing, sickly, old, and unstable. However, he's still known as a charismatic leader that took control of an entire country. Barring of course the moustache/hair combo and his podium smacking speech. How did Hitler really act and look like most of the time?

345 upvotes • [deleted]

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Was William the Conqueror treated differently by other French lords because of his birth status?

345 upvotes • -1stDoctor

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Wikipedia says that when the USA returned the Hungarian crown jewels after storing them for safekeeping, 'the agreement to return the jewels contained many conditions to ensure the people of Hungary, rather than its Communist government, took possession of the jewels.' What conditions were these?

345 upvotes • quyksilver

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How was the early United States able to afford things like the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession with no income tax?

345 upvotes • pinkbutterfly1

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If Jesus and Joshua came from the same root, Yeshua, how did the two names become known as distinct in later translations of the Bible?

345 upvotes • ifhyr

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in HBO Rome Lucius Vorenus carries around the desiccated penis of someone he killed in Gaul. was taking body parts as trophies a thing Roman soldiers actually did?

345 upvotes • grapp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did people live in houses before mortgages?	346	StickyThoPhi
[META] A note on modern politics	345	NMW
Why was Pompeii only excavated in ~1748? Did the romans make any rescue efforts in 79 A.D.?	345	Cpt-Ed
History vs. Imagination in de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom - The Realities of 18th Century Libertinism? NSFW	345	DrRobert91
Most war movies now depict Hitler as menacing, sickly, old, and unstable. However, he's still known as a charismatic leader that took control of an entire country. Barring of course the moustache/hair combo and his podium smacking speech. How did Hitler really act and look like most of the time?	345	[deleted]
Was William the Conqueror treated differently by other French lords because of his birth status?	345	-1stDoctor
Wikipedia says that when the USA returned the Hungarian crown jewels after storing them for safekeeping, 'the agreement to return the jewels contained many conditions to ensure the people of Hungary, rather than its Communist government, took possession of the jewels.' What conditions were these?	345	quyksilver
How was the early United States able to afford things like the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession with no income tax?	345	pinkbutterfly1
If Jesus and Joshua came from the same root, Yeshua, how did the two names become known as distinct in later translations of the Bible?	345	ifhyr
in HBO Rome Lucius Vorenus carries around the desiccated penis of someone he killed in Gaul. was taking body parts as trophies a thing Roman soldiers actually did?	345	grapp