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The standard duration of a pop song is about three minutes. Was it always this way? Why weren't songs longer or shorter?

207 upvotes • Gorrest-Fump

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Ancient Egypt during its glory days was one of the most advanced civilizations on Earth... but after being conquered by Assyria, Persia, Greece, and Rome, was this still the case? Or did it become a "backwater" until the Abbasids?

207 upvotes • pineapple3000

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Did people before 1900 have the same mindset as we do about decades?

207 upvotes • sillybammy

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How could the Yuan field 650.000 men in a 14th century battle ?

207 upvotes • katzmarek

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Why did the US rename Upper California into just 'California' while the Mexican part remained Lower California?

207 upvotes • MotoTheBadMofo

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How did Japan end up with such a productive animation industry?

207 upvotes • dacheatbot

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What did victorian prostitutes use for birth control? Did they use anything?

207 upvotes • rachcd

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1997 - Harry Potter's popularity start - spontaneous or advertising

207 upvotes • ReaperReader

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What is the earliest language that we are able to fully, or almost fully, translate and understand today?

207 upvotes • womble863

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What is the saddest story from history you have encountered in your research? | Floating Feature

207 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The standard duration of a pop song is about three minutes. Was it always this way? Why weren't songs longer or shorter?	207	Gorrest-Fump
Ancient Egypt during its glory days was one of the most advanced civilizations on Earth... but after being conquered by Assyria, Persia, Greece, and Rome, was this still the case? Or did it become a "backwater" until the Abbasids?	207	pineapple3000
Did people before 1900 have the same mindset as we do about decades?	207	sillybammy
How could the Yuan field 650.000 men in a 14th century battle ?	207	katzmarek
Why did the US rename Upper California into just 'California' while the Mexican part remained Lower California?	207	MotoTheBadMofo
How did Japan end up with such a productive animation industry?	207	dacheatbot
What did victorian prostitutes use for birth control? Did they use anything?	207	rachcd
1997 - Harry Potter's popularity start - spontaneous or advertising	207	ReaperReader
What is the earliest language that we are able to fully, or almost fully, translate and understand today?	207	womble863
What is the saddest story from history you have encountered in your research? \| Floating Feature	207	Georgy_K_Zhukov