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How did Jewish and Muslim Americans address prohibited foods (salt pork, lard, bacon) included in Great Depression food aid? Was this a permissible time to break religious dietary rules? Were alternative groceries or kosher/halal aid groups available, or might they just go without?

303 upvotes • etrebel16

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How did Romania and Bulgaria end up with such a high romani population?

303 upvotes • kewlAndrew

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Why do old books spoil their plot?

303 upvotes • e_lonmustard

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Given the fact that the Nazis already posed a significant threat towards Europe before WWII, were there ever plans to invade Nazi Germany before the war?

302 upvotes • Rosetopia

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Why do the Ottomans lose so many soldiers in every battle?

302 upvotes • conbutt

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How did sieged cities and islands send for aid?

302 upvotes • toothpix1

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What is the history of Baba Yaga?

302 upvotes • Awokeagiantvermin

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How did the region around the lower Mississippi River come to be so poor?

302 upvotes • Anarcho-Totalitarian

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In the time of guilds, were there goldsmith or brewer equivalents to the "hipster barista" fashion? Like you'd see someone wearing particular (non-uniform) clothes and say "Oh there goes a fishmonger in his hip fishmonger hat!"

302 upvotes • best_of_badgers

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At what point in history did the Greeks in mainland Greece basically say: “wait a minute, maybe these Romans aren’t just a backwater joke?” and really start paying attention to them politically, socially, and economically?

302 upvotes • AustinioForza

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How did Jewish and Muslim Americans address prohibited foods (salt pork, lard, bacon) included in Great Depression food aid? Was this a permissible time to break religious dietary rules? Were alternative groceries or kosher/halal aid groups available, or might they just go without?	303	etrebel16
How did Romania and Bulgaria end up with such a high romani population?	303	kewlAndrew
Why do old books spoil their plot?	303	e_lonmustard
Given the fact that the Nazis already posed a significant threat towards Europe before WWII, were there ever plans to invade Nazi Germany before the war?	302	Rosetopia
Why do the Ottomans lose so many soldiers in every battle?	302	conbutt
How did sieged cities and islands send for aid?	302	toothpix1
What is the history of Baba Yaga?	302	Awokeagiantvermin
How did the region around the lower Mississippi River come to be so poor?	302	Anarcho-Totalitarian
In the time of guilds, were there goldsmith or brewer equivalents to the "hipster barista" fashion? Like you'd see someone wearing particular (non-uniform) clothes and say "Oh there goes a fishmonger in his hip fishmonger hat!"	302	best_of_badgers
At what point in history did the Greeks in mainland Greece basically say: “wait a minute, maybe these Romans aren’t just a backwater joke?” and really start paying attention to them politically, socially, and economically?	302	AustinioForza