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How was the US national debt almost completely paid off in 1835?

211 upvotes • P9Hunnit

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If we saw the colosseum in ancient Rome, would it have been surrounded by street merchants?

211 upvotes • Real_Elon_Musk

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Some have alleged the upcoming Dunkirk film is "whitewashing" history. Was there a sizable presence of British and French colonial troops on the beaches?

211 upvotes • Lewisb2

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In the Starz drama Spartacus, the ludus owner employs a disabled former gladiator as a bookkeeper. Would a slave capable of doing his master's accounting really be wasted as a gladiator, and did ludus owners bother to re-purpose gladiators no longer able to fight?

211 upvotes • td4999

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If money was no object, how fast could I get from San Francisco to New York City in 1860?

211 upvotes • subaudible2012

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Why does Mexico seem older and more steeped in tradition compared to its North America counterparts in the U.S. and Canada?

211 upvotes • no_reddit_for_you

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On this day 76 years ago Hitler fired Walther von Brauchitsch and assumed control of the armed forces himself. What led up to him taking this decision and what were the consequences?

211 upvotes • OmniRed

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What would a typical Christian church service have looked like in Europe around 600AD?

211 upvotes • allthethingsineeded

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I've often heard that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow typists so as not to jam mechanical typewriters, but I've heard that refuted equally often. What was the layout of the first known keyboard device, and what is the real reason for QWERTY ultimately becoming the dominant layout?

211 upvotes • iAmAddicted2R_ddit

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[Poverty] How does the depiction of poor Dust Bowl era American farmers in "The Grapes of Wrath" compare to reality? How did California eventually absorb and integrate the influx of workers?

211 upvotes • 4VDzyss6Qn0OOoSG

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How was the US national debt almost completely paid off in 1835?	211	P9Hunnit
If we saw the colosseum in ancient Rome, would it have been surrounded by street merchants?	211	Real_Elon_Musk
Some have alleged the upcoming Dunkirk film is "whitewashing" history. Was there a sizable presence of British and French colonial troops on the beaches?	211	Lewisb2
In the Starz drama Spartacus, the ludus owner employs a disabled former gladiator as a bookkeeper. Would a slave capable of doing his master's accounting really be wasted as a gladiator, and did ludus owners bother to re-purpose gladiators no longer able to fight?	211	td4999
If money was no object, how fast could I get from San Francisco to New York City in 1860?	211	subaudible2012
Why does Mexico seem older and more steeped in tradition compared to its North America counterparts in the U.S. and Canada?	211	no_reddit_for_you
On this day 76 years ago Hitler fired Walther von Brauchitsch and assumed control of the armed forces himself. What led up to him taking this decision and what were the consequences?	211	OmniRed
What would a typical Christian church service have looked like in Europe around 600AD?	211	allthethingsineeded
I've often heard that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow typists so as not to jam mechanical typewriters, but I've heard that refuted equally often. What was the layout of the first known keyboard device, and what is the real reason for QWERTY ultimately becoming the dominant layout?	211	iAmAddicted2R_ddit
[Poverty] How does the depiction of poor Dust Bowl era American farmers in "The Grapes of Wrath" compare to reality? How did California eventually absorb and integrate the influx of workers?	211	4VDzyss6Qn0OOoSG