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Why, over the course of history did lobster go from peasant food, to one of the highest desired seafoods in the world and what caused the insane price spike?

217 upvotes • siccoblue

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Why is Vietnam not credited for stopping the Khmer Rouge?

217 upvotes • edenapple

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Did conquerors ever really 'salt the earth'?

217 upvotes • ButterflyAttack

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AMA: Earliest African Biography of an African Woman

217 upvotes • WendyLBelcher

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In the American Second Amendment, a "well regulated militia" is in there. What was a "well regulated militia" during the time of the writing of the 2nd amendments time?

217 upvotes • Electric_Andry

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To what extent was Catalonia a "successful anarchy-syndicst experiment" before it was repressed during the Spanish Civil War? I've heard this claim a lot from the anarchist left. Is there a definitive book on the period?

217 upvotes • PCLD

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What were Julius Caesar's last words?

217 upvotes • TroubleEntendre

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I've read a lot that Irish weren't always viewed as white in the USA and faced a lot of discrimination. Was there any distinction for protestants and/or the Ulster-Scots?

217 upvotes • ooeeooaaaaa

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When did Native Americans make up less than 50% of the U.S. population?

217 upvotes • Trippovalion

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Churchill's plan for Hitler was the electric chair, what punishment did Stalin have planned?

217 upvotes • RHoneyMonster

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why, over the course of history did lobster go from peasant food, to one of the highest desired seafoods in the world and what caused the insane price spike?	217	siccoblue
Why is Vietnam not credited for stopping the Khmer Rouge?	217	edenapple
Did conquerors ever really 'salt the earth'?	217	ButterflyAttack
AMA: Earliest African Biography of an African Woman	217	WendyLBelcher
In the American Second Amendment, a "well regulated militia" is in there. What was a "well regulated militia" during the time of the writing of the 2nd amendments time?	217	Electric_Andry
To what extent was Catalonia a "successful anarchy-syndicst experiment" before it was repressed during the Spanish Civil War? I've heard this claim a lot from the anarchist left. Is there a definitive book on the period?	217	PCLD
What were Julius Caesar's last words?	217	TroubleEntendre
I've read a lot that Irish weren't always viewed as white in the USA and faced a lot of discrimination. Was there any distinction for protestants and/or the Ulster-Scots?	217	ooeeooaaaaa
When did Native Americans make up less than 50% of the U.S. population?	217	Trippovalion
Churchill's plan for Hitler was the electric chair, what punishment did Stalin have planned?	217	RHoneyMonster