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How did LBJ get away with such outrageous behavior and was he scandalized for them?

283 upvotes • ademnus

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I read that in Late Antiquity, merchants had the ability to do long distance banking (ex: one could deposit funds in Alexandria and then withdraw them in Constantinople). Soon after, this form of banking become impossible until the late middle ages. Looking for info on this gap in banking abilities

283 upvotes • CoCoMagic

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Should China's Great Wall be considered a massive boondoggle, since it was intended to keep out northern peoples but didn't seem to hinder the Manchus or Mongols in invading and conquering China?

283 upvotes • mellowmonk

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Around what time did it become acceptable to be atheist in Europe?

283 upvotes • gostudyffs

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If I attended the University of Pavia, Italy in 1370 and studied medicine there, what would I learn and how long would it take me to graduate?

283 upvotes • Sovonna

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When and why did humans start feeling the need to say something when another person sneezes?

283 upvotes • Ollieacappella

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In "Alice's Restaurant", Guthrie says that if drafted, he will be forced to commit atrocities. But the song came out in 1967, a year before the My Lai Massacre. What war crimes by US soldiers in Vietnam were known to the American public in 1967?

283 upvotes • ArmandoAlvarezWF

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Did the Mongol Empire create a refugee crisis? What sort of political impact did this have in Asia and Europe? Did it in any way raise concern for the need to protect displaced peoples?

283 upvotes • td4999

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Discount store chains Walmart, Target, Kmart and Woolco all opened in 1962. Why did Woolco fail while the others succeeded?

283 upvotes • JournalofFailure

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I am a bastard in medieval Europe. My father was an invading soldier from a foreign land. How am I treated? How is my mother treated? What do the local religious and social paradigms say about what my life is supposed to be like?

283 upvotes • speculativejester

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How did LBJ get away with such outrageous behavior and was he scandalized for them?	283	ademnus
I read that in Late Antiquity, merchants had the ability to do long distance banking (ex: one could deposit funds in Alexandria and then withdraw them in Constantinople). Soon after, this form of banking become impossible until the late middle ages. Looking for info on this gap in banking abilities	283	CoCoMagic
Should China's Great Wall be considered a massive boondoggle, since it was intended to keep out northern peoples but didn't seem to hinder the Manchus or Mongols in invading and conquering China?	283	mellowmonk
Around what time did it become acceptable to be atheist in Europe?	283	gostudyffs
If I attended the University of Pavia, Italy in 1370 and studied medicine there, what would I learn and how long would it take me to graduate?	283	Sovonna
When and why did humans start feeling the need to say something when another person sneezes?	283	Ollieacappella
In "Alice's Restaurant", Guthrie says that if drafted, he will be forced to commit atrocities. But the song came out in 1967, a year before the My Lai Massacre. What war crimes by US soldiers in Vietnam were known to the American public in 1967?	283	ArmandoAlvarezWF
Did the Mongol Empire create a refugee crisis? What sort of political impact did this have in Asia and Europe? Did it in any way raise concern for the need to protect displaced peoples?	283	td4999
Discount store chains Walmart, Target, Kmart and Woolco all opened in 1962. Why did Woolco fail while the others succeeded?	283	JournalofFailure
I am a bastard in medieval Europe. My father was an invading soldier from a foreign land. How am I treated? How is my mother treated? What do the local religious and social paradigms say about what my life is supposed to be like?	283	speculativejester