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How did beer come to be sold in increments of 6?

229 upvotes • Trucido3719

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It's said that bombing civilian populations was a poor strategy in WWII as it did not impact war production and may have strengthened the enemies' resolve. Though this sounds ideologically good, do we have real evidence that this is true?

229 upvotes • CitizenPremier

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A 100 years ago the Panama Canal officially opened. Who were the biggest critics or opponents, within the U.S., of this project?

229 upvotes • dieselpwr

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How would a Christian church service have differed in Rome in 500, 1000, and 1500 CE?

229 upvotes • nilhaus

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How sure are we of the family tree of the British Royal family? Is there any reasonable suspicious of adultery or outright fraud at any point?

229 upvotes • throwawaywhyfolkswhy

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Did Shakespeare really "invent" all of the words and phrases he purportedly did, or did his work just contain the first written record of them?

229 upvotes • HighwireAct

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In HBO Rome there's a scene where Lucius Vorens says that the stars are holes in the celestial spheres. Is it realistic that a common Roman would know about the aristotelian model of the cosmos?

229 upvotes • grapp

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Today, my English language mass took about 45 minutes. How long would a Catholic church service have taken in England during the medieval times?

229 upvotes • [deleted]

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Do shaolin monks have any real combat history? How effective are they in actual combat?

229 upvotes • stupidrobots

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What did the accents of the founding fathers sound like?

229 upvotes • Jortss

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did beer come to be sold in increments of 6?	229	Trucido3719
It's said that bombing civilian populations was a poor strategy in WWII as it did not impact war production and may have strengthened the enemies' resolve. Though this sounds ideologically good, do we have real evidence that this is true?	229	CitizenPremier
A 100 years ago the Panama Canal officially opened. Who were the biggest critics or opponents, within the U.S., of this project?	229	dieselpwr
How would a Christian church service have differed in Rome in 500, 1000, and 1500 CE?	229	nilhaus
How sure are we of the family tree of the British Royal family? Is there any reasonable suspicious of adultery or outright fraud at any point?	229	throwawaywhyfolkswhy
Did Shakespeare really "invent" all of the words and phrases he purportedly did, or did his work just contain the first written record of them?	229	HighwireAct
In HBO Rome there's a scene where Lucius Vorens says that the stars are holes in the celestial spheres. Is it realistic that a common Roman would know about the aristotelian model of the cosmos?	229	grapp
Today, my English language mass took about 45 minutes. How long would a Catholic church service have taken in England during the medieval times?	229	[deleted]
Do shaolin monks have any real combat history? How effective are they in actual combat?	229	stupidrobots
What did the accents of the founding fathers sound like?	229	Jortss