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Syracuse was settled by Greek colonists in 734 B.C., and quickly became the most powerful city in Sicily and Magna Grecia. It soon rivaled Athens and Sparta, and squared off against the Carthaginians on equal footing. What advantages allowed it grow so large and rich?

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Did Nazis really greet each other like this?

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Those thirty silver coins Judas was supposedly paid for betraying Jesus - How much wealth was that, in that time and place?

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Why were mentally ill people stereotyped as believing themselves to be Napoleon?

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Why was Rasputin so difficult to kill?

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How do we reconcile a desire to avoid presentism with a moral desire to recognise that historical subjects suffered from domestic abuse and child sex abuse?

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Why did Europeans adopt the Arabic word al-kuhl to describe alcohol?

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Why did so many of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project later come out against the use of nuclear weapons?

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3 songs; Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas, A Passage To Banghok by Rush and Turning Japanese by The Vapors all include a similar, famous music riff and atribute it to different asian countries. Where is this motif from and how did it become so vaguely attached to every asian culture?

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Would a nine year old living in 1770s Williamsburg know about bananas?

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Syracuse was settled by Greek colonists in 734 B.C., and quickly became the most powerful city in Sicily and Magna Grecia. It soon rivaled Athens and Sparta, and squared off against the Carthaginians on equal footing. What advantages allowed it grow so large and rich?	208	RusticBohemian
Did Nazis really greet each other like this?	208	CancelAfricaefr
Those thirty silver coins Judas was supposedly paid for betraying Jesus - How much wealth was that, in that time and place?	208	Jerswar
Why were mentally ill people stereotyped as believing themselves to be Napoleon?	208	Return_of_Hoppetar
Why was Rasputin so difficult to kill?	208	infodump1117
How do we reconcile a desire to avoid presentism with a moral desire to recognise that historical subjects suffered from domestic abuse and child sex abuse?	208	altonin
Why did Europeans adopt the Arabic word al-kuhl to describe alcohol?	208	Grigori_Rasputin1869
Why did so many of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project later come out against the use of nuclear weapons?	208	37BrokenMicrowaves
3 songs; Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas, A Passage To Banghok by Rush and Turning Japanese by The Vapors all include a similar, famous music riff and atribute it to different asian countries. Where is this motif from and how did it become so vaguely attached to every asian culture?	208	Captain_Frogspawn
Would a nine year old living in 1770s Williamsburg know about bananas?	208	Ancient_Comedian_437