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Similar to burning couches and rioting after a sports team wins a championship, is there any record of ancient civilizations destroying their own city while celebrating a victory in battle?

253 upvotes • Nahhhhhhhhh

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Where did the term "pardon my French" come from and why is it followed by vulgar language?

253 upvotes • shoodpawoop9900

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Did France support the 1994 Rwandan genocide, as the current Rwandan government claims?

253 upvotes • Justin_123456

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What is the evidence for widespread sex abuse in the Catholic Church prior to the 20th century? I'm aware of texts like "Liber Gomorrhianus" that detail sex abuse in the 11th century and I know of many other stories, but what was the reality and how how does it compare to 20th century scandals?

253 upvotes • Elphinstone1842

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To what extent did Mussolini’s fascist regime affect the Sicilian Mafia?

253 upvotes • jack0315

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Did Amercian housewives in the 50's kept their beauty routine a secret to their husbands?

253 upvotes • cyborgmadeoutofmeat

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What should be read with a grain of salt in Edward Gibbons “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?”

253 upvotes • thatsnofun122

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Did ancient city of Rome have building codes or zoning?

253 upvotes • ShiftyJFox

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Of the soldiers who went MIA in WWII, are there any documented cases of men who essentially faked their own death to reinvent new personas but were later caught?

253 upvotes • behemuthm

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In July 1940 when Winston Churchill gave the French Navy in Algeria the ultimatum to sail to a British port and join the free french forces, how come they didn’t oblige and chose to be sunk?

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Similar to burning couches and rioting after a sports team wins a championship, is there any record of ancient civilizations destroying their own city while celebrating a victory in battle?	253	Nahhhhhhhhh
Where did the term "pardon my French" come from and why is it followed by vulgar language?	253	shoodpawoop9900
Did France support the 1994 Rwandan genocide, as the current Rwandan government claims?	253	Justin_123456
What is the evidence for widespread sex abuse in the Catholic Church prior to the 20th century? I'm aware of texts like "Liber Gomorrhianus" that detail sex abuse in the 11th century and I know of many other stories, but what was the reality and how how does it compare to 20th century scandals?	253	Elphinstone1842
To what extent did Mussolini’s fascist regime affect the Sicilian Mafia?	253	jack0315
Did Amercian housewives in the 50's kept their beauty routine a secret to their husbands?	253	cyborgmadeoutofmeat
What should be read with a grain of salt in Edward Gibbons “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?”	253	thatsnofun122
Did ancient city of Rome have building codes or zoning?	253	ShiftyJFox
Of the soldiers who went MIA in WWII, are there any documented cases of men who essentially faked their own death to reinvent new personas but were later caught?	253	behemuthm
In July 1940 when Winston Churchill gave the French Navy in Algeria the ultimatum to sail to a British port and join the free french forces, how come they didn’t oblige and chose to be sunk?	253	[deleted]