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How efficient was banishing people in ancient times?

292 upvotes • DontKatalaveno

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How far did Bob Cratchit's 15 shilling per week wage get him? Did Scrooge pay a high or low wage for his time?

292 upvotes • Yeangster

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How different was the Islam practiced in Al-Andalus to the Islam practiced in Iraq in the year 1000 AD?

292 upvotes • megami-hime

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Why did Mexico and South America have such a different outcome of colonization compared to the US and Canada?

292 upvotes • BellaSmellaMozarella

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Where did office workers in the 19th Century go to the bathroom?

292 upvotes • HotRabbit999

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How did the Indonesian islands go from Hinduisim to Islam to go on to become the largest population of Muslims in the world, and why did bali stay Hindu? And where does buddhism fit in?

292 upvotes • Spaceisveryhard

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The allied D-Day invasion attacked five beaches. Would the operation have failed if some of the attacks were repulsed? Or was the idea to break through in some so the rest of the beaches could be attacked from behind?

292 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why did the American risk a revolution against the world's greatest military power?

291 upvotes • garnteller

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just learned that Pablo Picasso was born 'Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso'. Was this unusual for late 19th century Spain?

291 upvotes • J334

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What was the Ottoman Empire's reaction to the US Civil War?

291 upvotes • Vandersleed

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How efficient was banishing people in ancient times?	292	DontKatalaveno
How far did Bob Cratchit's 15 shilling per week wage get him? Did Scrooge pay a high or low wage for his time?	292	Yeangster
How different was the Islam practiced in Al-Andalus to the Islam practiced in Iraq in the year 1000 AD?	292	megami-hime
Why did Mexico and South America have such a different outcome of colonization compared to the US and Canada?	292	BellaSmellaMozarella
Where did office workers in the 19th Century go to the bathroom?	292	HotRabbit999
How did the Indonesian islands go from Hinduisim to Islam to go on to become the largest population of Muslims in the world, and why did bali stay Hindu? And where does buddhism fit in?	292	Spaceisveryhard
The allied D-Day invasion attacked five beaches. Would the operation have failed if some of the attacks were repulsed? Or was the idea to break through in some so the rest of the beaches could be attacked from behind?	292	RusticBohemian
Why did the American risk a revolution against the world's greatest military power?	291	garnteller
just learned that Pablo Picasso was born 'Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso'. Was this unusual for late 19th century Spain?	291	J334
What was the Ottoman Empire's reaction to the US Civil War?	291	Vandersleed