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Who's the first human in history that we can identify?

219 upvotes • fizolof

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Found a rare book of maps from 1855 with a strange blue list inside. Can anyone help solve this mystery? (xpost from r/pics)

219 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did poisoned weapons (especially arrows) ever got used in warfare ?

219 upvotes • Pierre_bleue

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Why did the United States grant Cuba independence shortly after the Spanish-American War but fight a war with the Philippines to keep them under direct American control?

219 upvotes • TedToaster22

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How common was it for someone in the Medieval period to be (early, high, or late) to be executed for proposing hypotheses about the natural world that didn't line up with the perspective of the Catholic Church?

219 upvotes • Teh_doctor42

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In the last ~200 years, when was the time where the wealth was most evenly distributed

219 upvotes • PandaDerZwote

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Why were so many American companies named "General _______"?

219 upvotes • hiS_oWn

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When did formal rites of passage into adulthood disappear from American/European culture?

219 upvotes • tylerthehun

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WWII started when the UK and France declared war on Germany for attacking Poland. But why didn't they also declare war on the Soviet Union? The USSR also attacked Poland. And the free and democratic Finland as well.

219 upvotes • Double-decker_trams

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Who came up with the idea of pricing items a cent under the dollar ($9.99 instead of $10), and how did it become so universal?

219 upvotes • bobtheterminator

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Who's the first human in history that we can identify?	219	fizolof
Found a rare book of maps from 1855 with a strange blue list inside. Can anyone help solve this mystery? (xpost from r/pics)	219	[deleted]
Did poisoned weapons (especially arrows) ever got used in warfare ?	219	Pierre_bleue
Why did the United States grant Cuba independence shortly after the Spanish-American War but fight a war with the Philippines to keep them under direct American control?	219	TedToaster22
How common was it for someone in the Medieval period to be (early, high, or late) to be executed for proposing hypotheses about the natural world that didn't line up with the perspective of the Catholic Church?	219	Teh_doctor42
In the last ~200 years, when was the time where the wealth was most evenly distributed	219	PandaDerZwote
Why were so many American companies named "General _______"?	219	hiS_oWn
When did formal rites of passage into adulthood disappear from American/European culture?	219	tylerthehun
WWII started when the UK and France declared war on Germany for attacking Poland. But why didn't they also declare war on the Soviet Union? The USSR also attacked Poland. And the free and democratic Finland as well.	219	Double-decker_trams
Who came up with the idea of pricing items a cent under the dollar ($9.99 instead of $10), and how did it become so universal?	219	bobtheterminator