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Back when comedy films were first shown at the Pictures, (Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, etc.) was there a certain etiquette as to what could be laughed at? Would they have laughed at certain things back then that we wouldn't now, or vice versa?

212 upvotes • poshjosh1999

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Why did the USSR not get involved in "The Troubles?"

212 upvotes • Lil_Rein

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[META] Let's Take a Moment to Thank the Mod Team

212 upvotes • mz3ns

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Is there any historical evidence that the Egyptians had Jewish slaves?

212 upvotes • ProfessionalBookGuy

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Why is there no large settlement at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the US?

212 upvotes • ReadTheCommManifesto

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Why is Carnival not celebrated in Ireland?

212 upvotes • quizlamicextremism

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How devout were people really?

212 upvotes • reinadelacempasuchil

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Why do so many myths and religious stories seem so similar? (For example the flood, the "immortal apples", the giant snake that consumes the world etc)

212 upvotes • Yarmest

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What motivation did Serbian snipers have for killing civilians, women, and children in the Bosnian War, particularly in Sarajevo?

212 upvotes • [deleted]

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I speak modern Beijing dialect Chinese. How far back in time could I go in Chinese civilisation before the inhabitants of Beijing were mutually unintelligible?

212 upvotes • DiamondMiner2323

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Back when comedy films were first shown at the Pictures, (Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, etc.) was there a certain etiquette as to what could be laughed at? Would they have laughed at certain things back then that we wouldn't now, or vice versa?	212	poshjosh1999
Why did the USSR not get involved in "The Troubles?"	212	Lil_Rein
[META] Let's Take a Moment to Thank the Mod Team	212	mz3ns
Is there any historical evidence that the Egyptians had Jewish slaves?	212	ProfessionalBookGuy
Why is there no large settlement at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the US?	212	ReadTheCommManifesto
Why is Carnival not celebrated in Ireland?	212	quizlamicextremism
How devout were people really?	212	reinadelacempasuchil
Why do so many myths and religious stories seem so similar? (For example the flood, the "immortal apples", the giant snake that consumes the world etc)	212	Yarmest
What motivation did Serbian snipers have for killing civilians, women, and children in the Bosnian War, particularly in Sarajevo?	212	[deleted]
I speak modern Beijing dialect Chinese. How far back in time could I go in Chinese civilisation before the inhabitants of Beijing were mutually unintelligible?	212	DiamondMiner2323