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Why doesn't Russia have any impressive European-style castles?

241 upvotes • cornunreality

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Why do we refer to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as ‘atomic bombs’, but refer to their successors as nuclear weapons / nukes?

241 upvotes • JohroFF

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Why did some ethnicities get their own SSRs (Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Georgians etc) but not others (Yakuts, Chechens, Tatars, etc)?

241 upvotes • inaqu3estion

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Is there any other instance in history where a different race of people were imported into a land as slaves and eventually became fully assimilated as equals into society? If so how long did it take?

241 upvotes • nighttown

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How often were "Wanted Dead or Alive" criminals returned alive, and how did Dead or Alive bounties actually work?

241 upvotes • ids1994

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Were any slaves officially owned by the US government at any time?

241 upvotes • Vortigern

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How "impossible" were the negotiations for Hong Kong's sovereignty for Thatcher?

241 upvotes • Chinese_redditor

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What did the Roman Senators argue about? Where there political parties?

241 upvotes • burntnolan

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What is the relationship between chess pieces, history and how they move? Why is the queen, female and thus traditionally less powerful, the most powerful unit? Why do bishops only move diagonally? Are there historical reasons for this, or is it just part of the game?

241 upvotes • PUMPKIN_IN_MY_POOPER

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Why isn't Corinth as well known as Sparta and Athens?

241 upvotes • Theoroshia

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why doesn't Russia have any impressive European-style castles?	241	cornunreality
Why do we refer to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as ‘atomic bombs’, but refer to their successors as nuclear weapons / nukes?	241	JohroFF
Why did some ethnicities get their own SSRs (Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Georgians etc) but not others (Yakuts, Chechens, Tatars, etc)?	241	inaqu3estion
Is there any other instance in history where a different race of people were imported into a land as slaves and eventually became fully assimilated as equals into society? If so how long did it take?	241	nighttown
How often were "Wanted Dead or Alive" criminals returned alive, and how did Dead or Alive bounties actually work?	241	ids1994
Were any slaves officially owned by the US government at any time?	241	Vortigern
How "impossible" were the negotiations for Hong Kong's sovereignty for Thatcher?	241	Chinese_redditor
What did the Roman Senators argue about? Where there political parties?	241	burntnolan
What is the relationship between chess pieces, history and how they move? Why is the queen, female and thus traditionally less powerful, the most powerful unit? Why do bishops only move diagonally? Are there historical reasons for this, or is it just part of the game?	241	PUMPKIN_IN_MY_POOPER
Why isn't Corinth as well known as Sparta and Athens?	241	Theoroshia