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What happened to the Byzantine nobles in Anatolia?

262 upvotes • Peanutcat4

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Where did the Frankfurt School "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory come from?

262 upvotes • a_can_of_tea

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Who was Tito, and why was his death a cause of the break up of Yugoslavia?

262 upvotes • Imperium_Dragon

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Cloaks seem to feature heavily as "travelling clothes" in western medieval fantasy, but not so much greatcoats. What clothes would you expect a trader or pilgrim wear on the roads of medieval Europe in Winter?

262 upvotes • Elm11

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How did life in pre-Stalin USSR differ from life under Stalin?

262 upvotes • Tendy777

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How long after the telephone was invented did the thumb-and-pinky gesture to indicate a call become commonplace?

262 upvotes • fathercthulu

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In "Dr. Strangelove," Gen. Ripper alleges that fluoridation of water was a Communist plot. Were there such concerns about fluoride at that time?

262 upvotes • mrpeabodyscoaltrain

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Is Eminem's charge that white artists used black music to get wealthy in the early days of rock and roll fair?

262 upvotes • td4999

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[WWII] Why did the SS have the skull and crossbones symbol on their uniforms?

262 upvotes • McCubbon

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Why is the "Panhandle" of Alaska not part of Canada's territory?

262 upvotes • YellowGlass

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to the Byzantine nobles in Anatolia?	262	Peanutcat4
Where did the Frankfurt School "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory come from?	262	a_can_of_tea
Who was Tito, and why was his death a cause of the break up of Yugoslavia?	262	Imperium_Dragon
Cloaks seem to feature heavily as "travelling clothes" in western medieval fantasy, but not so much greatcoats. What clothes would you expect a trader or pilgrim wear on the roads of medieval Europe in Winter?	262	Elm11
How did life in pre-Stalin USSR differ from life under Stalin?	262	Tendy777
How long after the telephone was invented did the thumb-and-pinky gesture to indicate a call become commonplace?	262	fathercthulu
In "Dr. Strangelove," Gen. Ripper alleges that fluoridation of water was a Communist plot. Were there such concerns about fluoride at that time?	262	mrpeabodyscoaltrain
Is Eminem's charge that white artists used black music to get wealthy in the early days of rock and roll fair?	262	td4999
[WWII] Why did the SS have the skull and crossbones symbol on their uniforms?	262	McCubbon
Why is the "Panhandle" of Alaska not part of Canada's territory?	262	YellowGlass