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Is there any evidence of a group of Scottish highlander descendants surviving “off the grid” in the rural Appalachian Mountains?

225 upvotes • RightMeow0129

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What did the Aztecs use for buoyancy for their floating gardens?

225 upvotes • Ravengrimm0713

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Is there a historical reason why cobblers provides services beyond shoe repair ?(key cutting, engraving etc.)

225 upvotes • Good_Cheap_Gentleman

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Joshua Blahyi aka General Butt Naked has admitted to sacrificing children before battle and drinking their blood and other atrocities of this nature. How accuarte are his statements thought to be? Were his crimes abnormal for the First Liberian Civil War?

225 upvotes • ny_giants

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in HBO's Rome when the city is cut off from the African grain supply, the population is hit by a food shortage so bad people start eating stay dogs to survive. Was the real Rome really that reliant on imports?

225 upvotes • grapp

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Is this true: For much of the middle ages, it was mandatory in England for the peasants to practice with longbows one day a week. Sunday, iirc. Refusing to practice would be grounds for punishment, because England wanted to make sure they always had archers.

225 upvotes • 1900grs

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Why has Israel seen a increase in GDP per capita much higher than the surrounding nations (especially during the years 1970 - 1990)?

225 upvotes • evilapa

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In HBO's Chernobyl, the main character, Valery Legasov, admits that he limited promotion of Jewish scientists at the Kuchartov Institute in order to curry favor with Kremlin officials. Was anti-Semitism a serious issue in the Soviet Union in the late 20th Century?

225 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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Found an old comic and can't make sense of it (1944)

225 upvotes • sheepsleepdeep

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Nazi Germany surrendered in May of 1945, but the Nazi party continued to exist until being officially dissolved in October of 1945. In that period, did the Nazi government have any control over Germany or hold any importance?

225 upvotes • ALL_HALLOWS_EVE-

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there any evidence of a group of Scottish highlander descendants surviving “off the grid” in the rural Appalachian Mountains?	225	RightMeow0129
What did the Aztecs use for buoyancy for their floating gardens?	225	Ravengrimm0713
Is there a historical reason why cobblers provides services beyond shoe repair ?(key cutting, engraving etc.)	225	Good_Cheap_Gentleman
Joshua Blahyi aka General Butt Naked has admitted to sacrificing children before battle and drinking their blood and other atrocities of this nature. How accuarte are his statements thought to be? Were his crimes abnormal for the First Liberian Civil War?	225	ny_giants
in HBO's Rome when the city is cut off from the African grain supply, the population is hit by a food shortage so bad people start eating stay dogs to survive. Was the real Rome really that reliant on imports?	225	grapp
Is this true: For much of the middle ages, it was mandatory in England for the peasants to practice with longbows one day a week. Sunday, iirc. Refusing to practice would be grounds for punishment, because England wanted to make sure they always had archers.	225	1900grs
Why has Israel seen a increase in GDP per capita much higher than the surrounding nations (especially during the years 1970 - 1990)?	225	evilapa
In HBO's Chernobyl, the main character, Valery Legasov, admits that he limited promotion of Jewish scientists at the Kuchartov Institute in order to curry favor with Kremlin officials. Was anti-Semitism a serious issue in the Soviet Union in the late 20th Century?	225	TheJucheisLoose
Found an old comic and can't make sense of it (1944)	225	sheepsleepdeep
Nazi Germany surrendered in May of 1945, but the Nazi party continued to exist until being officially dissolved in October of 1945. In that period, did the Nazi government have any control over Germany or hold any importance?	225	ALL_HALLOWS_EVE-