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Why didn't Henry VIII legitimize Henry Fitzroy, his bastard by Bessie Blount instead of going through all that hoopla with Catherine and Anne?

222 upvotes • Katezu

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Was it common to just not actually work in the Romantic Era?

222 upvotes • ELI5_MODS_SUCK_ASS

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I am a 15-year-old girl living with my family in the slums of Victorian London. I work long hours, and have little time for sleep and meals, let alone socializing with other young people. What is the most likely way I will meet my future husband?

222 upvotes • needs_more_sprinkles

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Canadian Here. The first amendment of US constitution guarantees freedom of speech and assembly. Yet in the 1950's Americans were prosecuted (HUC) for their association with communism. Isn't this a contradiction?

222 upvotes • sirharryflashman

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Baathist party socialist, fascist, neither?

222 upvotes • IHaveLowEyes

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In 1970, there was a planned fascist coup in Italy (the “Golpe Borghese”). How serious was the plan? Did the coup ever stand a chance of succeeding?

222 upvotes • ajbrown141

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Does Marie-Antoinette deserve her reputation?

222 upvotes • Rossmkelly1992

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In the 1910s, did anyone feel anxiety about increasingly widespread and affordable electronic lights?

222 upvotes • gm6464

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What effect did Aristotle's tutoring of Alexander the Great have on him?

222 upvotes • huehuetos1

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I remember my high school history textbook The American Pageant said that regarding the attitudes of whites toward African Americans before the Civil War, "In the North they would love the race and hate the individual, and in the South they'd love the individual but hate the race."

222 upvotes • drunknobi69

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why didn't Henry VIII legitimize Henry Fitzroy, his bastard by Bessie Blount instead of going through all that hoopla with Catherine and Anne?	222	Katezu
Was it common to just not actually work in the Romantic Era?	222	ELI5_MODS_SUCK_ASS
I am a 15-year-old girl living with my family in the slums of Victorian London. I work long hours, and have little time for sleep and meals, let alone socializing with other young people. What is the most likely way I will meet my future husband?	222	needs_more_sprinkles
Canadian Here. The first amendment of US constitution guarantees freedom of speech and assembly. Yet in the 1950's Americans were prosecuted (HUC) for their association with communism. Isn't this a contradiction?	222	sirharryflashman
Baathist party socialist, fascist, neither?	222	IHaveLowEyes
In 1970, there was a planned fascist coup in Italy (the “Golpe Borghese”). How serious was the plan? Did the coup ever stand a chance of succeeding?	222	ajbrown141
Does Marie-Antoinette deserve her reputation?	222	Rossmkelly1992
In the 1910s, did anyone feel anxiety about increasingly widespread and affordable electronic lights?	222	gm6464
What effect did Aristotle's tutoring of Alexander the Great have on him?	222	huehuetos1
I remember my high school history textbook The American Pageant said that regarding the attitudes of whites toward African Americans before the Civil War, "In the North they would love the race and hate the individual, and in the South they'd love the individual but hate the race."	222	drunknobi69