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If the US Army, Navy, and Marines all have aircraft why was the US Air Force formed?

227 upvotes • keserdraak

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What is the history behind the cheesecake? Who invented it? When was it first made? Has it changed much since its inception? Is there a reason behind the type of crust it uses?

227 upvotes • Mictlantecuhtli

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How safe would Ancient cities like Rome and Athens be to walk around at night, for an average man?

227 upvotes • DireSire

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What would happen to a white person during segregation who intentionally used "colored" facilities as a form of protest?

227 upvotes • TheRealRomanBlack

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So there's a popular TIL about America's first female self-made millionaire being Madam C.J Walker, however the wikipedia article it links to says she was worth an estimated 600k. So is the wikipedia article correct or not? If correct, who was the actual first female self-made millionaire?

227 upvotes • larkeryd

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My Vietnamese grandmother and father are convinced that the communist party intentionally bastardized the Vietnamese language after taking power. Is there any truth to this?

227 upvotes • blaine19

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What happened to all those air traffic controllers that were fired and banned from federal service by Reagan during the 1981 PATCO strike? what would it be their careers afterwards? To what extent the President was involved? what were the ramifications of the strike?

227 upvotes • clippervictor

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Why did Sweden support the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War?

227 upvotes • pepolpla

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suppose you're a foreign sailor and you accidentally come assure in Japan in the 1700s during the Edo Period. what will happen to you?

227 upvotes • grapp

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I've been watching the vikings show on TV. They all seem to be very fond of axes. Is this an accurate depiction of the vikings? And if so why did they favour the use of the axe. And did other cultures use it them as much?

227 upvotes • tayq1

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If the US Army, Navy, and Marines all have aircraft why was the US Air Force formed?	227	keserdraak
What is the history behind the cheesecake? Who invented it? When was it first made? Has it changed much since its inception? Is there a reason behind the type of crust it uses?	227	Mictlantecuhtli
How safe would Ancient cities like Rome and Athens be to walk around at night, for an average man?	227	DireSire
What would happen to a white person during segregation who intentionally used "colored" facilities as a form of protest?	227	TheRealRomanBlack
So there's a popular TIL about America's first female self-made millionaire being Madam C.J Walker, however the wikipedia article it links to says she was worth an estimated 600k. So is the wikipedia article correct or not? If correct, who was the actual first female self-made millionaire?	227	larkeryd
My Vietnamese grandmother and father are convinced that the communist party intentionally bastardized the Vietnamese language after taking power. Is there any truth to this?	227	blaine19
What happened to all those air traffic controllers that were fired and banned from federal service by Reagan during the 1981 PATCO strike? what would it be their careers afterwards? To what extent the President was involved? what were the ramifications of the strike?	227	clippervictor
Why did Sweden support the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War?	227	pepolpla
suppose you're a foreign sailor and you accidentally come assure in Japan in the 1700s during the Edo Period. what will happen to you?	227	grapp
I've been watching the vikings show on TV. They all seem to be very fond of axes. Is this an accurate depiction of the vikings? And if so why did they favour the use of the axe. And did other cultures use it them as much?	227	tayq1