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Oscar Wilde and Alan Turing are probably the most famous cases of homosexual men persecuted for their sexuality - both cases happened in England. Are there other cases in Europe / United States were well known people were imprisoned for their sexuality ?

213 upvotes • Aberfrog

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The Western and Eastern halves of the Roman empire are often being described as a split between the Roman west and the Greek east. What were the differences between the roman and greek, culturally, that caused there to be such a divide in the empire?

213 upvotes • eprosmith

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Before the Normans brought in all the laws restricting hunting, would it have been particularly normal for English commoners to supplement their diets by hunting "for the pot" (IE the same way American frontier settlers later would)?

213 upvotes • grapp

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Did the Duke of Edinburgh really "fight" in WW2 or was he given safe postings, as the intended husband of the future Queen?

213 upvotes • Riffler

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How did clowns happen?

213 upvotes • KULAKS_DESERVED_IT

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Why did the way Hitler and Mussolini orated appeal so strongly to their respective populations?

213 upvotes • Scrandasaurus

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If I'm an infantryman of common birth in an middle ages European army, is there a such thing as a tour of duty? Am I expected to fight in the army throughout the entire campaign or is there some of contract, verbal or otherwise, that dictates the limit of what is expected of me?

213 upvotes • currentmadman

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Java is home to 141 million people. Has it always been this heavily populated?

213 upvotes • cryptomaniac2

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Have Egyptologists come to a consensus as to what exactly the mysterious statue known as “the Starving of Saqqara” depicts, when it was made, and for what reason?

213 upvotes • JustinJSrisuk

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On this day, 40 years ago, Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was kidnapped and later killed. Who is currently assumed to had done it?

213 upvotes • barrierstobridges

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Oscar Wilde and Alan Turing are probably the most famous cases of homosexual men persecuted for their sexuality - both cases happened in England. Are there other cases in Europe / United States were well known people were imprisoned for their sexuality ?	213	Aberfrog
The Western and Eastern halves of the Roman empire are often being described as a split between the Roman west and the Greek east. What were the differences between the roman and greek, culturally, that caused there to be such a divide in the empire?	213	eprosmith
Before the Normans brought in all the laws restricting hunting, would it have been particularly normal for English commoners to supplement their diets by hunting "for the pot" (IE the same way American frontier settlers later would)?	213	grapp
Did the Duke of Edinburgh really "fight" in WW2 or was he given safe postings, as the intended husband of the future Queen?	213	Riffler
How did clowns happen?	213	KULAKS_DESERVED_IT
Why did the way Hitler and Mussolini orated appeal so strongly to their respective populations?	213	Scrandasaurus
If I'm an infantryman of common birth in an middle ages European army, is there a such thing as a tour of duty? Am I expected to fight in the army throughout the entire campaign or is there some of contract, verbal or otherwise, that dictates the limit of what is expected of me?	213	currentmadman
Java is home to 141 million people. Has it always been this heavily populated?	213	cryptomaniac2
Have Egyptologists come to a consensus as to what exactly the mysterious statue known as “the Starving of Saqqara” depicts, when it was made, and for what reason?	213	JustinJSrisuk
On this day, 40 years ago, Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was kidnapped and later killed. Who is currently assumed to had done it?	213	barrierstobridges