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Historically, have governments initiated by a coups d'état ever become good places to live?

223 upvotes • YumiRae

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A common critique of the Interstate Highway System is that it divided communities and tore through thousands of buildings during construction. Were similar critiques noted during the construction of railroads in old European cities?

223 upvotes • GreenAlbum

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In 1796, Julien Dubuque received a land grant from the Spanish in what is now Northeast Iowa after mining there for a couple of years. Considering St. Louis, the nearest colonial town of any size was 300 miles away, how did Spanish/French bureaucracy operate in territories so far away?

223 upvotes • FromLuxorToEphesus

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Did North American Indians (Native Americans) have designated toilet areas, outhouses or other defined places to 'go'? I'm particularly interested in how a nomadic tribe would set up this area in their camp.

223 upvotes • GrieverReliever

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Striggling: Did it exist?

223 upvotes • dickbutt_md

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It is 1919 and I am an Austrian Naval Officer, but my nation has recently lost its coastline. What are my career options now?

223 upvotes • ZzzSleepyheadzzZ

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What was Indian cuisine like before chile peppers were introduced from the new world?

223 upvotes • Justaspareacc123

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How did citizenship work at the breakup of the Soviet Union? Could you move where you want and get citizenship there? Were you stuck with your birthplace? Or most recent residence?

223 upvotes • ArmandoAlvarezWF

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I'm a soothsayer in the first century CE. Pliny the Elder wrote about my use of crystal balls. How would my crystal ball have been manufactured? How spherical would it have been? How much would it have cost me?

223 upvotes • NotSafeForWarthog

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How did "Boo!" become the standard "scare" word in the Anglosphere?

223 upvotes • Govika

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Historically, have governments initiated by a coups d'état ever become good places to live?	223	YumiRae
A common critique of the Interstate Highway System is that it divided communities and tore through thousands of buildings during construction. Were similar critiques noted during the construction of railroads in old European cities?	223	GreenAlbum
In 1796, Julien Dubuque received a land grant from the Spanish in what is now Northeast Iowa after mining there for a couple of years. Considering St. Louis, the nearest colonial town of any size was 300 miles away, how did Spanish/French bureaucracy operate in territories so far away?	223	FromLuxorToEphesus
Did North American Indians (Native Americans) have designated toilet areas, outhouses or other defined places to 'go'? I'm particularly interested in how a nomadic tribe would set up this area in their camp.	223	GrieverReliever
Striggling: Did it exist?	223	dickbutt_md
It is 1919 and I am an Austrian Naval Officer, but my nation has recently lost its coastline. What are my career options now?	223	ZzzSleepyheadzzZ
What was Indian cuisine like before chile peppers were introduced from the new world?	223	Justaspareacc123
How did citizenship work at the breakup of the Soviet Union? Could you move where you want and get citizenship there? Were you stuck with your birthplace? Or most recent residence?	223	ArmandoAlvarezWF
I'm a soothsayer in the first century CE. Pliny the Elder wrote about my use of crystal balls. How would my crystal ball have been manufactured? How spherical would it have been? How much would it have cost me?	223	NotSafeForWarthog
How did "Boo!" become the standard "scare" word in the Anglosphere?	223	Govika