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Are there any accounts of American slaves who were able to escape and return back to their place of origin in Africa?

218 upvotes • Andorram

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In Game of Thrones, we see (or read about) mercenary companies being hired to fight in battle. Were mercenary groups like this a real thing in the medieval times?

218 upvotes • persik42

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How is it that the Tulsa Race Massacre was not, at least as far as I can tell, known by most Americans (it looks like Oklahoma addressed it in the last few decades). I've seen more than one person think the event was part of an alternate timeline in Watchmen, so how did it get buried?

218 upvotes • Paulie_Gatto

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There is a curious trope in fantasy of essentially portraying Dwarves as Scottish people. Is there any historical reason for this?

218 upvotes • getintheVans

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How does the cold war 'communism' scare compare to today's 'war on terror'?

217 upvotes • Space_Butler

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Why were four of the first five US presidents from Virginia? What were contemporary reactions to this? And why did it stop?

217 upvotes • Tiako

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Where did the names for the positions of power amongst the Ku Klux Klan come from? For example "Imperial Wizard" or "Grand Dragon"?

217 upvotes • jenkempuffer

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NSFW; A question about the trains of women and children and other non combatants that followed armies around. NSFW

217 upvotes • cafihapa

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Downton Abbey: Breakfast Habits of the Married vs Unmarried Women

217 upvotes • numquamsolus

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Were gladiators assigned to a single gladiator type, or did they change fighting styles from fight to fight?

217 upvotes • AgentSpaceCowboy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are there any accounts of American slaves who were able to escape and return back to their place of origin in Africa?	218	Andorram
In Game of Thrones, we see (or read about) mercenary companies being hired to fight in battle. Were mercenary groups like this a real thing in the medieval times?	218	persik42
How is it that the Tulsa Race Massacre was not, at least as far as I can tell, known by most Americans (it looks like Oklahoma addressed it in the last few decades). I've seen more than one person think the event was part of an alternate timeline in Watchmen, so how did it get buried?	218	Paulie_Gatto
There is a curious trope in fantasy of essentially portraying Dwarves as Scottish people. Is there any historical reason for this?	218	getintheVans
How does the cold war 'communism' scare compare to today's 'war on terror'?	217	Space_Butler
Why were four of the first five US presidents from Virginia? What were contemporary reactions to this? And why did it stop?	217	Tiako
Where did the names for the positions of power amongst the Ku Klux Klan come from? For example "Imperial Wizard" or "Grand Dragon"?	217	jenkempuffer
NSFW; A question about the trains of women and children and other non combatants that followed armies around. NSFW	217	cafihapa
Downton Abbey: Breakfast Habits of the Married vs Unmarried Women	217	numquamsolus
Were gladiators assigned to a single gladiator type, or did they change fighting styles from fight to fight?	217	AgentSpaceCowboy