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According to Wikipedia, the University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world. Why are Islamic schools of learning not counted?

214 upvotes • moose_man

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Would the Latin language as spoken by academics and clergy in modern centuries be mutually intelligible to ancient native speakers?

214 upvotes • huphelmeyer

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What was the Ancient Egyptians name for Egypt in their own language?

214 upvotes • Marcrevet

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Was the Soviet Army capable of completely defeating NATO in Europe in the case of a Cold War escalation?

214 upvotes • MaxRavenclaw

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Why did Nazi Germany seek to expand so quickly, essentially in one great war? Wouldn't a multi-decade conquest have been more viable?

214 upvotes • Vladith

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Why was France so unstable throughout the 1950s/early 1960s? (Attempted coups, change of constitution, withdraw from NATO, communist riots)

214 upvotes • boom346

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Why did Lesotho and Swaziland not become part of the Cape Colony?

214 upvotes • Sinfonietta_

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How is it that Marijuana is considered forbidden in Islam, yet smoking hashish was such a big part of Ottoman and Turkish culture?

214 upvotes • Zooicide85

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Macbeth was first performed in 1611 at the height of witch trials in Britain, do we know what Shakespeare's contemporaries would have thought of witchcraft on stage?

214 upvotes • CptBuck

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How did soldier who were in the front of an army march into battle knowing that they were likely to die?

214 upvotes • Junebug22615

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
According to Wikipedia, the University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world. Why are Islamic schools of learning not counted?	214	moose_man
Would the Latin language as spoken by academics and clergy in modern centuries be mutually intelligible to ancient native speakers?	214	huphelmeyer
What was the Ancient Egyptians name for Egypt in their own language?	214	Marcrevet
Was the Soviet Army capable of completely defeating NATO in Europe in the case of a Cold War escalation?	214	MaxRavenclaw
Why did Nazi Germany seek to expand so quickly, essentially in one great war? Wouldn't a multi-decade conquest have been more viable?	214	Vladith
Why was France so unstable throughout the 1950s/early 1960s? (Attempted coups, change of constitution, withdraw from NATO, communist riots)	214	boom346
Why did Lesotho and Swaziland not become part of the Cape Colony?	214	Sinfonietta_
How is it that Marijuana is considered forbidden in Islam, yet smoking hashish was such a big part of Ottoman and Turkish culture?	214	Zooicide85
Macbeth was first performed in 1611 at the height of witch trials in Britain, do we know what Shakespeare's contemporaries would have thought of witchcraft on stage?	214	CptBuck
How did soldier who were in the front of an army march into battle knowing that they were likely to die?	214	Junebug22615