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How did the US deal with having two active nuclear fallout zones while rebuilding Japan following WWII?

272 upvotes • papaya_angelou

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Poor people today eat better than medieval kings

272 upvotes • billionai1

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Why isn't there an immediate transition following US presidential elections?

272 upvotes • Geddy_Lees_Nose

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Why was the Japanese Imperial Flag not seen as a symbol that is on the same level as the Swastika?

272 upvotes • [deleted]

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When did a few seconds of harp music become associated with dreaming or memories?

272 upvotes • SaintShrink

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Crassus is often criticized for crossing through the desert to reach the Tigris and getting slaughtered in the scorching heat at Carrhae. Alexander the Great took a similar path on his expansion and won at Gaugamela, was this ever addressed by ancient and early-modern writers?

272 upvotes • 2012Jesusdies

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Just started watching "Downton Abbey." Can someone explain to me what these people did?

272 upvotes • cdoghusk1

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Hawaii and the Philippines were colonized by America at around the same time. Why were the Filipinos able to assert their independence and Hawaiians not?

272 upvotes • Tatem1961

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It's 1875. King Ludwig II, and by extension all of the German nobility, is obsessed with the latest Wagner opera. I'm a Hard of Hearing German noble. Do I attend the opera and pretend to follow along? Can I read a plot summary somewhere and pretend to appreciate it? How do I cope, socially?

272 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Why did the Ottoman navy defect in 1840?

272 upvotes • Eeate

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the US deal with having two active nuclear fallout zones while rebuilding Japan following WWII?	272	papaya_angelou
Poor people today eat better than medieval kings	272	billionai1
Why isn't there an immediate transition following US presidential elections?	272	Geddy_Lees_Nose
Why was the Japanese Imperial Flag not seen as a symbol that is on the same level as the Swastika?	272	[deleted]
When did a few seconds of harp music become associated with dreaming or memories?	272	SaintShrink
Crassus is often criticized for crossing through the desert to reach the Tigris and getting slaughtered in the scorching heat at Carrhae. Alexander the Great took a similar path on his expansion and won at Gaugamela, was this ever addressed by ancient and early-modern writers?	272	2012Jesusdies
Just started watching "Downton Abbey." Can someone explain to me what these people did?	272	cdoghusk1
Hawaii and the Philippines were colonized by America at around the same time. Why were the Filipinos able to assert their independence and Hawaiians not?	272	Tatem1961
It's 1875. King Ludwig II, and by extension all of the German nobility, is obsessed with the latest Wagner opera. I'm a Hard of Hearing German noble. Do I attend the opera and pretend to follow along? Can I read a plot summary somewhere and pretend to appreciate it? How do I cope, socially?	272	Notmiefault
Why did the Ottoman navy defect in 1840?	272	Eeate