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What was the Ancient Greek vision of 'Europe'? Where did it begin and end? Did it include Celtic civilization in France and Britain? Did it exclude Carthage?

284 upvotes • NFB42

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Why did the Austrian-Hungarian empire decide to industrialize what is now the Czech Republic over the other regions of the empire?

284 upvotes • Perister

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In the Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas disparages the quality of italian cuisine, saying a man "had been condemned to partake of Italian cookery—that is, the worst in the world." Was Italian cuisine not regarded as highly in the 19th century?

284 upvotes • lauraonfire

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Why did Existentialists support radically low ages of consent? Were people from Simone de Beauvoir to Derrida hebephiles?

284 upvotes • Heavy-Guy

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I've always understood that the Israeli attack in the Six-Day War was very much a justified pre-emptive attack. It appears that this may not be supported by evidence and that there was no actual threat to Israel in 1967. What do we know about the reasons for war?

284 upvotes • Paulie_Gatto

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Why were the Assyrians so opposed to abortion?

284 upvotes • ADavidJohnson

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Before Jaws was released in 1975, is there any record of societal attitudes towards sharks? Am I incorrect in feeling those movies generated an unprecedented phobic reaction around the world leaving a most often harmless creature with a permanently bloodstained reputation?

284 upvotes • hazysummersky

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It took 200 years and the greatest minds on the planet, including Isaac Newton, to find a way to determine longitude at sea. The solution was the chronometer. My question is, why not just use an hour glass?

284 upvotes • bigzamzam

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Richard Nixon created the EPA,ended the draft and later the Vietnam War,initiated the open door policy towards China, reached the ABM treaty w the USSR,enforced the desegregation of southern schools,and set temporary wage and price controls.How were these received by US conservatives?

284 upvotes • td4999

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In the English Peerage, did the "Duke of York," "Duke of Cambridge" etc. ever require the holder to actually be present in the city/territory that they were Duke of or were these titles simply a status symbol?

284 upvotes • Coco-Beware

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the Ancient Greek vision of 'Europe'? Where did it begin and end? Did it include Celtic civilization in France and Britain? Did it exclude Carthage?	284	NFB42
Why did the Austrian-Hungarian empire decide to industrialize what is now the Czech Republic over the other regions of the empire?	284	Perister
In the Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas disparages the quality of italian cuisine, saying a man "had been condemned to partake of Italian cookery—that is, the worst in the world." Was Italian cuisine not regarded as highly in the 19th century?	284	lauraonfire
Why did Existentialists support radically low ages of consent? Were people from Simone de Beauvoir to Derrida hebephiles?	284	Heavy-Guy
I've always understood that the Israeli attack in the Six-Day War was very much a justified pre-emptive attack. It appears that this may not be supported by evidence and that there was no actual threat to Israel in 1967. What do we know about the reasons for war?	284	Paulie_Gatto
Why were the Assyrians so opposed to abortion?	284	ADavidJohnson
Before Jaws was released in 1975, is there any record of societal attitudes towards sharks? Am I incorrect in feeling those movies generated an unprecedented phobic reaction around the world leaving a most often harmless creature with a permanently bloodstained reputation?	284	hazysummersky
It took 200 years and the greatest minds on the planet, including Isaac Newton, to find a way to determine longitude at sea. The solution was the chronometer. My question is, why not just use an hour glass?	284	bigzamzam
Richard Nixon created the EPA,ended the draft and later the Vietnam War,initiated the open door policy towards China, reached the ABM treaty w the USSR,enforced the desegregation of southern schools,and set temporary wage and price controls.How were these received by US conservatives?	284	td4999
In the English Peerage, did the "Duke of York," "Duke of Cambridge" etc. ever require the holder to actually be present in the city/territory that they were Duke of or were these titles simply a status symbol?	284	Coco-Beware