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How did the US interstate system go from idea to reality?

191 upvotes • toefirefire

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Edo Japan is often shown in media as a land of cherry blossoms and stark white winters. What clothing would the average person living in a snowy region wear, particularly on their hands and feet?

191 upvotes • ForWhomTheBoneBones

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'The Silent Spring' has been widely credited as inspiring the modern environmental movement; was it part of a trend or did it create one? What factors of time and place enabled it to have such a profound impact?

191 upvotes • td4999

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Why did the British only raid and excavate the tombs in Egypt and not those found in all of India?

191 upvotes • oldschoolguy1-0

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Why were tanners unlikely to die from Black Death?

191 upvotes • Sin-Silver

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I have a rotary phone in front of me and dialed 911. In an emergency, the amount of time it takes for the 9 to go around is really long. Why didn’t they choose a faster number for emergencys, like 111?

191 upvotes • nueoritic-parents

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For all of the assassination attempts made for Hitler, why was the same effort not made to kill Emperor Hirohito, especially with the greater weight the death of the emperor would carry?

191 upvotes • Tactical_L

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Why is it that when the Vikings visited North America, the indigenous people were immediately hostile, yet when the European explorers visited North America, they were welcomed with gifts?

191 upvotes • derpyhero

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When did...socks...become a thing?

191 upvotes • [deleted]

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The Berlin Wall famously bisected the city down the center. But what did the border look like at the north, west, and southern outskirts of West Berlin? And what happened to Berlin’s western suburbs which found themselves on the wrong side of the city border?

191 upvotes • henry_fords_ghost

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the US interstate system go from idea to reality?	191	toefirefire
Edo Japan is often shown in media as a land of cherry blossoms and stark white winters. What clothing would the average person living in a snowy region wear, particularly on their hands and feet?	191	ForWhomTheBoneBones
'The Silent Spring' has been widely credited as inspiring the modern environmental movement; was it part of a trend or did it create one? What factors of time and place enabled it to have such a profound impact?	191	td4999
Why did the British only raid and excavate the tombs in Egypt and not those found in all of India?	191	oldschoolguy1-0
Why were tanners unlikely to die from Black Death?	191	Sin-Silver
I have a rotary phone in front of me and dialed 911. In an emergency, the amount of time it takes for the 9 to go around is really long. Why didn’t they choose a faster number for emergencys, like 111?	191	nueoritic-parents
For all of the assassination attempts made for Hitler, why was the same effort not made to kill Emperor Hirohito, especially with the greater weight the death of the emperor would carry?	191	Tactical_L
Why is it that when the Vikings visited North America, the indigenous people were immediately hostile, yet when the European explorers visited North America, they were welcomed with gifts?	191	derpyhero
When did...socks...become a thing?	191	[deleted]
The Berlin Wall famously bisected the city down the center. But what did the border look like at the north, west, and southern outskirts of West Berlin? And what happened to Berlin’s western suburbs which found themselves on the wrong side of the city border?	191	henry_fords_ghost