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I am an aristocrat in Elizabethan England, taking my carriage into town to tend to some errands for the day. Where is my carriage "parked" while I go about my business? Has the modern concept of a parking lot emerged yet?

342 upvotes • MistrSwisher

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How did Irish kings live in the early middle ages? (600 a.d - 900 a.d)

342 upvotes • Ahsanceall

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There were almost 500,000 German immigrants in the US before 1870. How did these German-Americans react to German Unification of 1871?

342 upvotes • dancognito

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Thanks to James Bond and le Carré, British secret intelligence looms large in the cultural consciousness of the Cold War. But how significant was it in reality? How would its capacity stack up agianst the espionage services of France or West Germany? What about Italy or Sweden?

342 upvotes • Hackson_Pollock

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I am Dr. Aaron Beek, a classical historian specializing in piracy and banditry in the ancient Mediterranean. Ask Me Anything about ancient Mediterranean skulduggery and associated questionable military actions!

342 upvotes • sumbarbarus

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Did Cole Porter suffer any public (or private) backlash or consequences from the targets of his derision in his 1934 song, "Anything Goes"?

342 upvotes • slothrr

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Germany was divided for almost 30 years. Did the two sides' language begin to diverge? Or was this not enough time for that to occur?

342 upvotes • MrDowntempo

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Fentanyl was invited in 1968, and yet, the epidemic usage of it is more recent. Why wasn't the drug more widely used and abused in the 1970s and 1980s, when it seems that other things were?

342 upvotes • KyloRenSucks

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Lisbon / Seville were raided by Vikings in 844. Elsewhere, in the East, the Vikings were settling in what is current-day Ukraine. What was happening in Scandinavia to allow for this? And why were the Norsemen back in Roman times not doing anything remotely similar to what the Vikings did later on?

342 upvotes • Couve_do_Lidl

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Why did Gerald Ford pardon Robert E. Lee?

342 upvotes • DepartmentofNothing

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I am an aristocrat in Elizabethan England, taking my carriage into town to tend to some errands for the day. Where is my carriage "parked" while I go about my business? Has the modern concept of a parking lot emerged yet?	342	MistrSwisher
How did Irish kings live in the early middle ages? (600 a.d - 900 a.d)	342	Ahsanceall
There were almost 500,000 German immigrants in the US before 1870. How did these German-Americans react to German Unification of 1871?	342	dancognito
Thanks to James Bond and le Carré, British secret intelligence looms large in the cultural consciousness of the Cold War. But how significant was it in reality? How would its capacity stack up agianst the espionage services of France or West Germany? What about Italy or Sweden?	342	Hackson_Pollock
I am Dr. Aaron Beek, a classical historian specializing in piracy and banditry in the ancient Mediterranean. Ask Me Anything about ancient Mediterranean skulduggery and associated questionable military actions!	342	sumbarbarus
Did Cole Porter suffer any public (or private) backlash or consequences from the targets of his derision in his 1934 song, "Anything Goes"?	342	slothrr
Germany was divided for almost 30 years. Did the two sides' language begin to diverge? Or was this not enough time for that to occur?	342	MrDowntempo
Fentanyl was invited in 1968, and yet, the epidemic usage of it is more recent. Why wasn't the drug more widely used and abused in the 1970s and 1980s, when it seems that other things were?	342	KyloRenSucks
Lisbon / Seville were raided by Vikings in 844. Elsewhere, in the East, the Vikings were settling in what is current-day Ukraine. What was happening in Scandinavia to allow for this? And why were the Norsemen back in Roman times not doing anything remotely similar to what the Vikings did later on?	342	Couve_do_Lidl
Why did Gerald Ford pardon Robert E. Lee?	342	DepartmentofNothing