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How did "underwater basket weaving" come to be used as a fairly common placeholder or idiom for a liberal arts degree?

228 upvotes • OnShoulderOfGiants

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During WW2, how were teenage Americans treated/viewed by the government? With all the men gone, what were teens expected to do, be it to fill in adult roles, or prepare for war, etc.?

228 upvotes • MultitudeMan78

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Why did soviet computer technology tend to lag behind American computer technology?

228 upvotes • SocialistCredit

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How did the Japanese become so radical between the First and Second World Wars?

228 upvotes • GeneralGonzo

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What did the Arabian scientists in their golden age of science (8th to 13th centuries) know of the Greek sciences from a thousand years earlier? Did they consider themselves successors?

228 upvotes • Darkfeather

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What were things like for the Japanese employees at their D.C. embassy during the days shortly before and after Pearl Harbor?

228 upvotes • [deleted]

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How much tobacco did smokers 150 years ago smoke?

228 upvotes • Apiperofhades

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How was the news of the successful Apollo 11 Mission announced in the USSR and how did it affect the Soviet Space Program?

228 upvotes • ofmiceandmods

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How were teen pop idols such as Elvis Presley or The Beatles perceived among male teens?

228 upvotes • aevans395

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Do we have any evidence that the Odyssey could be based on real events?

228 upvotes • premeddit

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did "underwater basket weaving" come to be used as a fairly common placeholder or idiom for a liberal arts degree?	228	OnShoulderOfGiants
During WW2, how were teenage Americans treated/viewed by the government? With all the men gone, what were teens expected to do, be it to fill in adult roles, or prepare for war, etc.?	228	MultitudeMan78
Why did soviet computer technology tend to lag behind American computer technology?	228	SocialistCredit
How did the Japanese become so radical between the First and Second World Wars?	228	GeneralGonzo
What did the Arabian scientists in their golden age of science (8th to 13th centuries) know of the Greek sciences from a thousand years earlier? Did they consider themselves successors?	228	Darkfeather
What were things like for the Japanese employees at their D.C. embassy during the days shortly before and after Pearl Harbor?	228	[deleted]
How much tobacco did smokers 150 years ago smoke?	228	Apiperofhades
How was the news of the successful Apollo 11 Mission announced in the USSR and how did it affect the Soviet Space Program?	228	ofmiceandmods
How were teen pop idols such as Elvis Presley or The Beatles perceived among male teens?	228	aevans395
Do we have any evidence that the Odyssey could be based on real events?	228	premeddit