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How were the ancient Roman spectators in the colosseum able to hear what an emperor was saying without modern technology like a microphone?

226 upvotes • united_caught

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Why did the Greeks develop the Phalanx (a formation that primarily relies on flat, even ground) when Greece is such a rocky and mountainous place?

226 upvotes • TS1307

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What's so different about Catalonias culture and history compared to Spains, that it wants Independence?

226 upvotes • Pashahlis

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Why are neutral color surnames like Black, Brown, or White relatively common but more vibrant colors like Yellow, Blue, or Violet are not?

226 upvotes • nctrojan23

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The Beatles came out of the Merseybeat scene, and the Beach Boys came out of the L.A. surf rock scene, and the Grateful Dead came out of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, but the Velvet Underground seemed to come out of nowhere. What was going on in New York and who were their contemporaries?

226 upvotes • persimmonmango

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What, if any, were the "smoking guns" in the Nuremberg Trials?

226 upvotes • rain-dog2

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Why are there so many 19th century paintings of square-shaped animals?

226 upvotes • Tongue_Tyd

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Would a medieval Catholic church service be recognizable to a modern Catholic?

226 upvotes • dave_g17

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Why did Commodore Matthew Perry succeed in getting the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan to open their borders to the west, and not the British empire, which had the most powerful navy on earth at the time?

226 upvotes • gillenha

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Why is Generalplan Ost not so well understood as the Nazi goal in WWII, and why is it commonly forgotten as a Nazi crime relative to the Holocaust?

226 upvotes • nietzza

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How were the ancient Roman spectators in the colosseum able to hear what an emperor was saying without modern technology like a microphone?	226	united_caught
Why did the Greeks develop the Phalanx (a formation that primarily relies on flat, even ground) when Greece is such a rocky and mountainous place?	226	TS1307
What's so different about Catalonias culture and history compared to Spains, that it wants Independence?	226	Pashahlis
Why are neutral color surnames like Black, Brown, or White relatively common but more vibrant colors like Yellow, Blue, or Violet are not?	226	nctrojan23
The Beatles came out of the Merseybeat scene, and the Beach Boys came out of the L.A. surf rock scene, and the Grateful Dead came out of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, but the Velvet Underground seemed to come out of nowhere. What was going on in New York and who were their contemporaries?	226	persimmonmango
What, if any, were the "smoking guns" in the Nuremberg Trials?	226	rain-dog2
Why are there so many 19th century paintings of square-shaped animals?	226	Tongue_Tyd
Would a medieval Catholic church service be recognizable to a modern Catholic?	226	dave_g17
Why did Commodore Matthew Perry succeed in getting the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan to open their borders to the west, and not the British empire, which had the most powerful navy on earth at the time?	226	gillenha
Why is Generalplan Ost not so well understood as the Nazi goal in WWII, and why is it commonly forgotten as a Nazi crime relative to the Holocaust?	226	nietzza