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What religion did Muhammad practice before founding Islam?

3099 upvotes • tsigolotamred

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I'm a Jewish man in 1946 recently liberated from a death camp. My home has been destroyed by the war, all my friends and family have been eradicated, I have no money or possessions and all records of me have been destroyed. What do I do and who can I turn to for help?

3098 upvotes • Carnieus

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A lot of media portrayals of traditional Japanese culture (movies, shows, games, etc.) use a particular sound clip that sounds like a Japanese man saying "Yooooooooooooooooo". Is there are historical or cultural significance to that particular phrase?

3098 upvotes • Seevian

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Is it true that during the 1960s there were Chinese villages that still believe the Qing were in charge? If so how were these communities so isolated for so long ?

3097 upvotes • 3MUCHSWAG5ME

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Where did the Asians sit on the bus during the US segregation?

3096 upvotes • AsianHawke

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What really happened in the so called Gujarat Riots in 2002 ?

3096 upvotes • Justaphysicsgeek

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Is it true that Ronald Reagan, while he was Governor of California, suddenly reversed course and supported gun control because the Black Panthers started arming themselves?

3092 upvotes • Oh_umms_cocktails

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Is it a coincidence that both classic cartoon studios had a popular short-tempered duck character (Donald from Disney, Daffy from Warner Brothers)? Was one of them a knockoff of the other?

3091 upvotes • George4Mayor86

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What did anarchist counterculture look like in the 19th century?

3087 upvotes • jnsya

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If the Rosetta Stone was never found, have we discovered anything since that would have enabled us to decipher Ancient Egyptian?

3087 upvotes • cmd194

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What religion did Muhammad practice before founding Islam?	3099	tsigolotamred
I'm a Jewish man in 1946 recently liberated from a death camp. My home has been destroyed by the war, all my friends and family have been eradicated, I have no money or possessions and all records of me have been destroyed. What do I do and who can I turn to for help?	3098	Carnieus
A lot of media portrayals of traditional Japanese culture (movies, shows, games, etc.) use a particular sound clip that sounds like a Japanese man saying "Yooooooooooooooooo". Is there are historical or cultural significance to that particular phrase?	3098	Seevian
Is it true that during the 1960s there were Chinese villages that still believe the Qing were in charge? If so how were these communities so isolated for so long ?	3097	3MUCHSWAG5ME
Where did the Asians sit on the bus during the US segregation?	3096	AsianHawke
What really happened in the so called Gujarat Riots in 2002 ?	3096	Justaphysicsgeek
Is it true that Ronald Reagan, while he was Governor of California, suddenly reversed course and supported gun control because the Black Panthers started arming themselves?	3092	Oh_umms_cocktails
Is it a coincidence that both classic cartoon studios had a popular short-tempered duck character (Donald from Disney, Daffy from Warner Brothers)? Was one of them a knockoff of the other?	3091	George4Mayor86
What did anarchist counterculture look like in the 19th century?	3087	jnsya
If the Rosetta Stone was never found, have we discovered anything since that would have enabled us to decipher Ancient Egyptian?	3087	cmd194