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Did the Roman empire have any "big brands" and, if so, what products were they known for?

215 upvotes • idoze

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How did that one particular working class New Jersey accent become the default "hired goon" voice in popular culture? (examples in text)

215 upvotes • bandswithgoats

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We're there any "terrorists" in Germany against the nazi regime? Aside from people that helped house Jewish people and their escape, were there shootings, bombings, etc?

215 upvotes • Due_Avocado_788

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What is Chinese Heaven?

215 upvotes • Migmatite_Rock

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Could the Irish Famine technically be regarded as a genocide perpetrated by the English?

215 upvotes • GodSpeed4445

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What led to Australia using a preferential voting system, and why haven't most other countries adopted similar strategies?

215 upvotes • FortyThousandAndOne

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Why were British boarding schools such hotbeds for abuse?

214 upvotes • comradeda

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Napoleon worked in his youth at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours– from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m." Why?

214 upvotes • rememberthefocus

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With about 10 million men drafted for WW2, what was life like in cities? Was there an obvious lack of men on day to day functions? (i.e going grocery shopping or in traffic) And was the culture more women centered?

214 upvotes • Dora_De_Destroya

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The KKK is known primarily as a white supremacist and anti-Catholic terror organization, but it was a huge political force as well. Did the KKK take positions on things like the construction of railroads, unions, education spending, and other more "normal" parts of politics?

214 upvotes • TreebeardButIntoBDSM

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the Roman empire have any "big brands" and, if so, what products were they known for?	215	idoze
How did that one particular working class New Jersey accent become the default "hired goon" voice in popular culture? (examples in text)	215	bandswithgoats
We're there any "terrorists" in Germany against the nazi regime? Aside from people that helped house Jewish people and their escape, were there shootings, bombings, etc?	215	Due_Avocado_788
What is Chinese Heaven?	215	Migmatite_Rock
Could the Irish Famine technically be regarded as a genocide perpetrated by the English?	215	GodSpeed4445
What led to Australia using a preferential voting system, and why haven't most other countries adopted similar strategies?	215	FortyThousandAndOne
Why were British boarding schools such hotbeds for abuse?	214	comradeda
Napoleon worked in his youth at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours– from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m." Why?	214	rememberthefocus
With about 10 million men drafted for WW2, what was life like in cities? Was there an obvious lack of men on day to day functions? (i.e going grocery shopping or in traffic) And was the culture more women centered?	214	Dora_De_Destroya
The KKK is known primarily as a white supremacist and anti-Catholic terror organization, but it was a huge political force as well. Did the KKK take positions on things like the construction of railroads, unions, education spending, and other more "normal" parts of politics?	214	TreebeardButIntoBDSM