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Why do the people of North Africa not speak a Romance language, when their region was part of Rome even longer than most of Europe?

281 upvotes • ZnSaucier

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse: Imagining Mass Destruction Panel Q&A

281 upvotes • historiagrephour

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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is considered to be the event that led to WWI. WWI led to WWII. WWII led to the Cold War. Etc. Some of the assassins lived well into the 1980s/1990s. Did any of them regret their actions? Did they comment on how consequential their actions were to world history?

281 upvotes • derstherower

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When a tsunami hits japan, things wash up in the Pacific Northwest several months later. Was this phenomenon common in the precolombian era, if so what things washed up and what did people think of them?

281 upvotes • Ranolden

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Why was there no massive public backlash to Napoleon essentially abandoning a whole army in Egypt? How did the friends and families of those soldiers react to Napoleon’s taking power?

281 upvotes • Ersatz_Okapi

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Old Sears catalogs from the 30's-90's show a huge variety of products, from clothes and tools to things like paint and craft sets, bows and arrows, hunting gear, etc. What was the general expected quality of these items? Were they of good quality or was this the era's equivalent of going to Walmart?

281 upvotes • 7deadlycinderella

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Why does my Jewish family traditionally get Chinese food on Christmas?

281 upvotes • Nuxul006

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Why do we call him ‘Mark Antony’, not Marcus Antonius?

281 upvotes • Jorumble

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The golden age of piracy is generally seen as ending in the 1720’s when European navies began heavily cracking down on piracy. However, pirates such as Jean Lafitte were active as late as the 1820’s. how were pirates such as Jean Lafitte so active a century after the end of the golden age of piracy?

281 upvotes • Damned-scoundrel

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Which civilization in the ancient (latest being Early Middle Ages) world held the highest literacy rate? Were there any authors who weren't scholars in that civilization?

280 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do the people of North Africa not speak a Romance language, when their region was part of Rome even longer than most of Europe?	281	ZnSaucier
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse: Imagining Mass Destruction Panel Q&A	281	historiagrephour
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is considered to be the event that led to WWI. WWI led to WWII. WWII led to the Cold War. Etc. Some of the assassins lived well into the 1980s/1990s. Did any of them regret their actions? Did they comment on how consequential their actions were to world history?	281	derstherower
When a tsunami hits japan, things wash up in the Pacific Northwest several months later. Was this phenomenon common in the precolombian era, if so what things washed up and what did people think of them?	281	Ranolden
Why was there no massive public backlash to Napoleon essentially abandoning a whole army in Egypt? How did the friends and families of those soldiers react to Napoleon’s taking power?	281	Ersatz_Okapi
Old Sears catalogs from the 30's-90's show a huge variety of products, from clothes and tools to things like paint and craft sets, bows and arrows, hunting gear, etc. What was the general expected quality of these items? Were they of good quality or was this the era's equivalent of going to Walmart?	281	7deadlycinderella
Why does my Jewish family traditionally get Chinese food on Christmas?	281	Nuxul006
Why do we call him ‘Mark Antony’, not Marcus Antonius?	281	Jorumble
The golden age of piracy is generally seen as ending in the 1720’s when European navies began heavily cracking down on piracy. However, pirates such as Jean Lafitte were active as late as the 1820’s. how were pirates such as Jean Lafitte so active a century after the end of the golden age of piracy?	281	Damned-scoundrel
Which civilization in the ancient (latest being Early Middle Ages) world held the highest literacy rate? Were there any authors who weren't scholars in that civilization?	280	[deleted]