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How did Caligula survive three months in a coma?

220 upvotes • Wiuer

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I've won the ancient Olympic Games and my home city, Athens has promised to give me free meals for life. Where do I go to get my grub? Who cooks it? Is it basic peasant fare or an expensive feast?

220 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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How accurate is the concept of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" posters being placed in public for any prospective bounty hunter to take up the hunt?

220 upvotes • JSFlaye

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Why isn't The 7 Years war referred to as a world war?

220 upvotes • Startled_Pancakes

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"Traditional" English food is stereotyped as bland and unhealthy. But I've heard the popularity of this style of food is a consequence of rationing in WWI and WWII. What was home English cooking like in the 1890s-1900s? Did WWI/WWII change it?

220 upvotes • st_sebastian

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I often hear that modern Hinduism is fact extremely different from earlier forms and that what is considered today’s mainstream Hinduism did not actually exist until the 20th century. How accurate are these claims and how is recent Hinduism different from its ancient roots?

220 upvotes • God-bear

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How were the European Powers and especially France able to fight the War of Spanish Succession so shortly after the Nine Years' War when the main cause of the end of the Nine Years' War was exhaustion?

220 upvotes • DeRuyter67

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Why would the devil appear in a mediæval English legend as a dirty young child with long hair?

220 upvotes • Globus_Cruciger

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Were franchise opportunities given to Black people in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement? Let's say I wanted to own a Texico gas station. Would it have been difficult to start one?

220 upvotes • J2quared

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What was Saddam Hussein's long term goal for Iraq socially and economically?

220 upvotes • Ashamed-Grape7792

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Caligula survive three months in a coma?	220	Wiuer
I've won the ancient Olympic Games and my home city, Athens has promised to give me free meals for life. Where do I go to get my grub? Who cooks it? Is it basic peasant fare or an expensive feast?	220	RusticBohemian
How accurate is the concept of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" posters being placed in public for any prospective bounty hunter to take up the hunt?	220	JSFlaye
Why isn't The 7 Years war referred to as a world war?	220	Startled_Pancakes
"Traditional" English food is stereotyped as bland and unhealthy. But I've heard the popularity of this style of food is a consequence of rationing in WWI and WWII. What was home English cooking like in the 1890s-1900s? Did WWI/WWII change it?	220	st_sebastian
I often hear that modern Hinduism is fact extremely different from earlier forms and that what is considered today’s mainstream Hinduism did not actually exist until the 20th century. How accurate are these claims and how is recent Hinduism different from its ancient roots?	220	God-bear
How were the European Powers and especially France able to fight the War of Spanish Succession so shortly after the Nine Years' War when the main cause of the end of the Nine Years' War was exhaustion?	220	DeRuyter67
Why would the devil appear in a mediæval English legend as a dirty young child with long hair?	220	Globus_Cruciger
Were franchise opportunities given to Black people in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement? Let's say I wanted to own a Texico gas station. Would it have been difficult to start one?	220	J2quared
What was Saddam Hussein's long term goal for Iraq socially and economically?	220	Ashamed-Grape7792