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I'm a 16 year-old Roman citizen, the child of a middle-income Plebeian family. My hormone-driven teen angst is pushing me to rebel from my parents (and society) in any way I can. Given this, is my religious devotion to/belief in the gods likely to waver? Would I be punished for questioning?

274 upvotes • iamtheg0ldeng0d

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American politics are extremely polarized with fewer and fewer concessions on many issues. Instead of instances where civil war erupts, have there been any other instances in history of such polarization, and if so how did that polarization end?

274 upvotes • Hands0L0

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In the 1991 USSR coup and subsequent protests we see a lot of pictures of people flying the tricolour Russian flag. How someone could get a Russian flag in the middle of the Soviet Union in such a short time?

274 upvotes • LordLoko

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Were any American religious organizations uncomfortable or upset by the Apotheosis of Washington painting in the Capitol Building?

274 upvotes • sweaty_garbage

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Inglourious Basterds, first chapter, French farmer hiding Jews: What would have actually happened?

274 upvotes • ueberbelichtetesfoto

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Hair removal by "sugaring" in Ancient Egypt? (Suspect marketing strategies are misquoting history)

274 upvotes • AgentIndiana

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What did religous slave owners think happened to slaves when they died?

274 upvotes • dayoffmusician

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What was Stalin's reaction to the The United States' use of the Manhattan Project?

273 upvotes • meresheep

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How did people in the USSR feel about the Beatles' "Back in the USSR" when it came out?

273 upvotes • Walking_Punchline

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Why didn't Buddhism spread west to the Mediterranean like it spread east into China?

273 upvotes • TaylorS1986

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I'm a 16 year-old Roman citizen, the child of a middle-income Plebeian family. My hormone-driven teen angst is pushing me to rebel from my parents (and society) in any way I can. Given this, is my religious devotion to/belief in the gods likely to waver? Would I be punished for questioning?	274	iamtheg0ldeng0d
American politics are extremely polarized with fewer and fewer concessions on many issues. Instead of instances where civil war erupts, have there been any other instances in history of such polarization, and if so how did that polarization end?	274	Hands0L0
In the 1991 USSR coup and subsequent protests we see a lot of pictures of people flying the tricolour Russian flag. How someone could get a Russian flag in the middle of the Soviet Union in such a short time?	274	LordLoko
Were any American religious organizations uncomfortable or upset by the Apotheosis of Washington painting in the Capitol Building?	274	sweaty_garbage
Inglourious Basterds, first chapter, French farmer hiding Jews: What would have actually happened?	274	ueberbelichtetesfoto
Hair removal by "sugaring" in Ancient Egypt? (Suspect marketing strategies are misquoting history)	274	AgentIndiana
What did religous slave owners think happened to slaves when they died?	274	dayoffmusician
What was Stalin's reaction to the The United States' use of the Manhattan Project?	273	meresheep
How did people in the USSR feel about the Beatles' "Back in the USSR" when it came out?	273	Walking_Punchline
Why didn't Buddhism spread west to the Mediterranean like it spread east into China?	273	TaylorS1986