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When and why did people start dressing to look sexy or silly for Halloween instead of dressing to look scary?

187 upvotes • nil_von_9wo

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How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?

187 upvotes • lapapinton

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Why do north Americans generallu put the word 'river' after the proper name and much of the rest of the world before the proper name?

187 upvotes • SlowMotionSprint

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Why did so many people watch executions?

187 upvotes • justrandomguy2911

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Why did Islam take over Persia so quickly? Why was there no Zoroastrians taking power back when Abbasids declined?

187 upvotes • Skirtsmoother

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Why did Scandinavian's countries not pursue empires in the late 19th and 20th century?

187 upvotes • kyber30

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Neville Chamberlain: Was he really a mild-mannered appeaser or was he buying time to mobilize the British military?

187 upvotes • MrWoohoo

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Did Japan or Nazi Germany ever really stand a chance of winning WW2?

187 upvotes • commanderlestat

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Why did Pol Pot become Genocidal?

187 upvotes • Yoshi1358

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In the Soviet Union, how were previous Tsars (other than Nicholas II) portrayed? Did their achievements (as in the case of Peter) get downplayed, or were they depicted relatively objectively?

187 upvotes • MithrandirTheIstari

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When and why did people start dressing to look sexy or silly for Halloween instead of dressing to look scary?	187	nil_von_9wo
How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?	187	lapapinton
Why do north Americans generallu put the word 'river' after the proper name and much of the rest of the world before the proper name?	187	SlowMotionSprint
Why did so many people watch executions?	187	justrandomguy2911
Why did Islam take over Persia so quickly? Why was there no Zoroastrians taking power back when Abbasids declined?	187	Skirtsmoother
Why did Scandinavian's countries not pursue empires in the late 19th and 20th century?	187	kyber30
Neville Chamberlain: Was he really a mild-mannered appeaser or was he buying time to mobilize the British military?	187	MrWoohoo
Did Japan or Nazi Germany ever really stand a chance of winning WW2?	187	commanderlestat
Why did Pol Pot become Genocidal?	187	Yoshi1358
In the Soviet Union, how were previous Tsars (other than Nicholas II) portrayed? Did their achievements (as in the case of Peter) get downplayed, or were they depicted relatively objectively?	187	MithrandirTheIstari