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Why do Chinese depict their historical figures as ugly, while in the west there seems to be a requirement to depict them as classically beautiful.

331 upvotes • mtiwaumeme

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Testing Period of Rules Change: "No Example-Seeking" will not be enforced for the next month

331 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Why did the British not just give the American colonies representation in Parliament?

331 upvotes • Kdg55

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In 1973, Led Zeppelin were mysteriously robbed of $200,000 from their New York hotel safe deposit box. Has this strange theft ever been solved?

331 upvotes • BaffledPlato

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Recipes in the ancient Roman cookbook "De Re Coquinaria" call for exotic ingredients like ostrige, flamingo, stingray, various fresh seafood, and dozens of fresh herbs and spices — assuming you had the money, how easily could one assemble the ingredients for these complex recipes?

331 upvotes • dean84921

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I've seen claims that the modern institution of the police grew out of slave-catching patrols. Is this accurate? What was the earliest thing that you or I would recognize as a police force?

331 upvotes • an_orange_truffle

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What happened to all the children who survived the Nazi concentration camps in the days following their liberation? Was there a system of sorts that either reunited them with surviving members of their own family or placed them in a new family?

331 upvotes • SlightlyAmused

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Why is it that in English, some Latin/Roman names are shortened, such as Octavian (from Octavianus), whereas other names, such as Longinus, are not?

331 upvotes • apsle

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How did the French farmers in the mid-west react to the Louisiana Purchase? How did they go about becoming US citizens?

330 upvotes • TurretBox

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If I traveled to Rome in 50 BC. How much would it look like the Rome from the HBO Series Rome?

330 upvotes • Gugg256

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do Chinese depict their historical figures as ugly, while in the west there seems to be a requirement to depict them as classically beautiful.	331	mtiwaumeme
Testing Period of Rules Change: "No Example-Seeking" will not be enforced for the next month	331	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Why did the British not just give the American colonies representation in Parliament?	331	Kdg55
In 1973, Led Zeppelin were mysteriously robbed of $200,000 from their New York hotel safe deposit box. Has this strange theft ever been solved?	331	BaffledPlato
Recipes in the ancient Roman cookbook "De Re Coquinaria" call for exotic ingredients like ostrige, flamingo, stingray, various fresh seafood, and dozens of fresh herbs and spices — assuming you had the money, how easily could one assemble the ingredients for these complex recipes?	331	dean84921
I've seen claims that the modern institution of the police grew out of slave-catching patrols. Is this accurate? What was the earliest thing that you or I would recognize as a police force?	331	an_orange_truffle
What happened to all the children who survived the Nazi concentration camps in the days following their liberation? Was there a system of sorts that either reunited them with surviving members of their own family or placed them in a new family?	331	SlightlyAmused
Why is it that in English, some Latin/Roman names are shortened, such as Octavian (from Octavianus), whereas other names, such as Longinus, are not?	331	apsle
How did the French farmers in the mid-west react to the Louisiana Purchase? How did they go about becoming US citizens?	330	TurretBox
If I traveled to Rome in 50 BC. How much would it look like the Rome from the HBO Series Rome?	330	Gugg256