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Was there a common shared reason as to why some Arab tribes never converted to Islam?

286 upvotes • JamesBlakeAMA

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You're a 9th or 10th century merchant travelling along the Volga River route. What languages do you encounter and was there a lingua franca on the river trade networks?

286 upvotes • LatakiaBlend

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Why is the color blue so popular for jeans?

286 upvotes • Flylowlifeisshort

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Was there really a "medieval mind"? Did medievals merely hold different beliefs and values from moderns, or did they really "think different" in a way that's difficult for moderns to understand?

286 upvotes • Deggit

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Why are there no major major religions that worship the sun? When did people stop thinking the giant ball of fire that gives us life WASN'T God?

286 upvotes • bannedfromrhistory

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When did Russia get all that land, and who had it before?

286 upvotes • ValhallaAtYaBoy

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Was Walter Cronkite a more reliable news-source than his peers? If not, why was he "the most trusted man in America?" How reliable was TV and radio news during that time, anyway? [1970s?]

286 upvotes • 82364

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What would happen to children with Down syndrome born in Medieval Europe and to their parents?

286 upvotes • nickysmalldevil

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In honour of Roger Moore, did any MI6 agents really have a licence to kill? If so, are any targets from before 1985 declassified?

286 upvotes • ArmandoAlvarezWF

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Carl Sagan: 'If the Ionian philosophy had prevailed, we might have been travelling in the stars' How accurate is this?

286 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was there a common shared reason as to why some Arab tribes never converted to Islam?	286	JamesBlakeAMA
You're a 9th or 10th century merchant travelling along the Volga River route. What languages do you encounter and was there a lingua franca on the river trade networks?	286	LatakiaBlend
Why is the color blue so popular for jeans?	286	Flylowlifeisshort
Was there really a "medieval mind"? Did medievals merely hold different beliefs and values from moderns, or did they really "think different" in a way that's difficult for moderns to understand?	286	Deggit
Why are there no major major religions that worship the sun? When did people stop thinking the giant ball of fire that gives us life WASN'T God?	286	bannedfromrhistory
When did Russia get all that land, and who had it before?	286	ValhallaAtYaBoy
Was Walter Cronkite a more reliable news-source than his peers? If not, why was he "the most trusted man in America?" How reliable was TV and radio news during that time, anyway? [1970s?]	286	82364
What would happen to children with Down syndrome born in Medieval Europe and to their parents?	286	nickysmalldevil
In honour of Roger Moore, did any MI6 agents really have a licence to kill? If so, are any targets from before 1985 declassified?	286	ArmandoAlvarezWF
Carl Sagan: 'If the Ionian philosophy had prevailed, we might have been travelling in the stars' How accurate is this?	286	[deleted]