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Where did the notion of eating beef and other red meats "medium rare" come from?

194 upvotes • EmperorOfNothing

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Why did Napoleon want to end the Papal States?

194 upvotes • ITIDeathGod

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Future POTUS G.H.W Bush was shot down during WW2 and a fighter squadron circled his raft for hours until he was rescued- was this standard procedure or some sort of preferential treatment?

194 upvotes • Rosstafarii

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Why did Confession come to be such an important part of Christian (Catholic) faith in the 11th-13th centuries?

194 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Has there been any society that never developed music?

194 upvotes • leadchipmunk

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In the US-Mexican war the US attacked Mexico and in victory paid for damages and the debt Mexico owed to US citizens. Why?

194 upvotes • darthbane123

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How pricey were Indiana Jones' transoceanic flights, and how extensive were their availability in the interwar period?

194 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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What was considered a "Big City" (population wise) in the Middle Ages?

194 upvotes • eidenet

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Often photos of Pre-Revolution Iran or Pre-Taliban Afghanistan are posted, showing how similar these countries were in the 60's and 70's to the West. How accurate was this estimation?

194 upvotes • lorddimwit

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In societies where incestual marriage with very close degrees of relation was tolerated/celebrated (eg; brother-sister pairings in Egypt) did people ever notice or point out that the children of such pairings seemed to die more often than ones produced from non-incestual marriages?

194 upvotes • johhny-turbo

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Where did the notion of eating beef and other red meats "medium rare" come from?	194	EmperorOfNothing
Why did Napoleon want to end the Papal States?	194	ITIDeathGod
Future POTUS G.H.W Bush was shot down during WW2 and a fighter squadron circled his raft for hours until he was rescued- was this standard procedure or some sort of preferential treatment?	194	Rosstafarii
Why did Confession come to be such an important part of Christian (Catholic) faith in the 11th-13th centuries?	194	Goat_im_Himmel
Has there been any society that never developed music?	194	leadchipmunk
In the US-Mexican war the US attacked Mexico and in victory paid for damages and the debt Mexico owed to US citizens. Why?	194	darthbane123
How pricey were Indiana Jones' transoceanic flights, and how extensive were their availability in the interwar period?	194	Goat_im_Himmel
What was considered a "Big City" (population wise) in the Middle Ages?	194	eidenet
Often photos of Pre-Revolution Iran or Pre-Taliban Afghanistan are posted, showing how similar these countries were in the 60's and 70's to the West. How accurate was this estimation?	194	lorddimwit
In societies where incestual marriage with very close degrees of relation was tolerated/celebrated (eg; brother-sister pairings in Egypt) did people ever notice or point out that the children of such pairings seemed to die more often than ones produced from non-incestual marriages?	194	johhny-turbo