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When did the 'Fat American' stereotype develop?

310 upvotes • MarcMercury

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When and Why Was Canadian Whiskey Differentiated From American Whiskey?

310 upvotes • Zeuvembie

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How did Buddhists in traditionally Buddhist areas react to it becoming somewhat popular/trendy in the West, especially in the 1960s? How did traditionally Buddhist immigrant groups in Western countries react

310 upvotes • DGBD

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What did a Lawyer's career look like in the Soviet Union? Were there corporate lawyers?

310 upvotes • AlviseFalier

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I've read that there was a position in accent Egyptian medicine referred to as "shepard of the royal anus." What would their position have entailed, and what status would they held?

310 upvotes • mroo7oo7

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During my researching of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I read that the beheading game is actually a motif used in other medieval literature. I only know of the 8th-century Irish poem, Fled Bricrenn, that uses this device. How prevalent was the "beheading game" and, if so, why beheading?

310 upvotes • com2420

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In the early 90s, Ukraine had the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world, but in 1994 it agreed to give them up completely under the Budapest Memorandum. Why?

310 upvotes • ajbrown141

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How did Japan get so obsessed with unicycles that they are required in schools?

310 upvotes • DeliciousFold2894

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Did Han dynasty China have a mass spectator sport culture comparable to contemporary Rome?

310 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why was there almost no reaction to the execution of Charles I in the 1640s, while there was such a reaction and concern among the Monarchies of Europe when Louis was executed in the French Revolution?

310 upvotes • Generic-Commie

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When did the 'Fat American' stereotype develop?	310	MarcMercury
When and Why Was Canadian Whiskey Differentiated From American Whiskey?	310	Zeuvembie
How did Buddhists in traditionally Buddhist areas react to it becoming somewhat popular/trendy in the West, especially in the 1960s? How did traditionally Buddhist immigrant groups in Western countries react	310	DGBD
What did a Lawyer's career look like in the Soviet Union? Were there corporate lawyers?	310	AlviseFalier
I've read that there was a position in accent Egyptian medicine referred to as "shepard of the royal anus." What would their position have entailed, and what status would they held?	310	mroo7oo7
During my researching of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I read that the beheading game is actually a motif used in other medieval literature. I only know of the 8th-century Irish poem, Fled Bricrenn, that uses this device. How prevalent was the "beheading game" and, if so, why beheading?	310	com2420
In the early 90s, Ukraine had the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world, but in 1994 it agreed to give them up completely under the Budapest Memorandum. Why?	310	ajbrown141
How did Japan get so obsessed with unicycles that they are required in schools?	310	DeliciousFold2894
Did Han dynasty China have a mass spectator sport culture comparable to contemporary Rome?	310	[deleted]
Why was there almost no reaction to the execution of Charles I in the 1640s, while there was such a reaction and concern among the Monarchies of Europe when Louis was executed in the French Revolution?	310	Generic-Commie