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Why has nobody ever bothered to annex San Marino in over 1700 years?

188 upvotes • elchriso

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Was Genghis Khan a really prolific rapist or did he just marry a lot of women?

188 upvotes • sapunec7854

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What happened to cosmonauts on MIR when the USSR fell and turned over control to the new Russia?

188 upvotes • friendsanemones

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Did people in 1950s-'70s middle America really think Liberace was straight?

188 upvotes • Panfish

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Gaius Julius Caesar won countless victories against the Gauls. How was he able to so consistently defeat an enemy that massively outnumbered him?

188 upvotes • Pakislav

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20 years ago on this day, the Zapatista rebellion broke out in Chiapas, Mexico. What are the important things to know about the lead-up to the rebellion, and how it played out in 1994?

188 upvotes • arjun10

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What was Jim Crow/segregation era America like for non-black minorities?

188 upvotes • mjrindy

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What would happen to people made homeless in medieval times?

188 upvotes • Gunslinger1991

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Why was the "Tsar Bomba" named as such? Wouldn't such a name be antithetical to the origins of the Soviet Union?

188 upvotes • Euralos

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Was belladonna ever used in wax seals on letters in order to detect tampering by the messengers delivering them?

188 upvotes • the_kaeve

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why has nobody ever bothered to annex San Marino in over 1700 years?	188	elchriso
Was Genghis Khan a really prolific rapist or did he just marry a lot of women?	188	sapunec7854
What happened to cosmonauts on MIR when the USSR fell and turned over control to the new Russia?	188	friendsanemones
Did people in 1950s-'70s middle America really think Liberace was straight?	188	Panfish
Gaius Julius Caesar won countless victories against the Gauls. How was he able to so consistently defeat an enemy that massively outnumbered him?	188	Pakislav
20 years ago on this day, the Zapatista rebellion broke out in Chiapas, Mexico. What are the important things to know about the lead-up to the rebellion, and how it played out in 1994?	188	arjun10
What was Jim Crow/segregation era America like for non-black minorities?	188	mjrindy
What would happen to people made homeless in medieval times?	188	Gunslinger1991
Why was the "Tsar Bomba" named as such? Wouldn't such a name be antithetical to the origins of the Soviet Union?	188	Euralos
Was belladonna ever used in wax seals on letters in order to detect tampering by the messengers delivering them?	188	the_kaeve