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How did chicken, beef, and pork become the three staple meats of so many cultures around the world?

182 upvotes • RAWRREPTAR

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Was there a significant spike in spousal and parental suicides during WWII as a result of war casualties?

182 upvotes • xaplexus

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How accurate is the TV series "Rome" in depicting the daily life of both plebians and patricians?

182 upvotes • NomadicHerdsman

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Historians, can you explain how the art of irezumi (Japanese tattoos) began? And how did it come to be exclusively associated with the Yakuza?

182 upvotes • the_rman

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There's a bit in Boardwalk empire where agent Van Alden goes to a restaurant with his wife and she's scandalised by the waiter offering them alcohol. Is it realistic that a normal restaurant would risk offering strange customers Alcohol in the middle of the day?

182 upvotes • grapp

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How did Hebrew go from being a dead language to the majority language in Israel?

182 upvotes • [deleted]

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Were the three wartime conferences considered huge risks?

182 upvotes • toefirefire

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How did Irn Bru manage to become/remain more popular than Coke and Pepsi in Scotland?

182 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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What sort of increase in standard of living could a Roman-occupied territory expect (if any?)

182 upvotes • MRRoberts

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Did Americans ever have an issue voting FDR for a third term considering he was breaking the traditional 2 term maximum policy?

182 upvotes • OppaWumboStyle

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did chicken, beef, and pork become the three staple meats of so many cultures around the world?	182	RAWRREPTAR
Was there a significant spike in spousal and parental suicides during WWII as a result of war casualties?	182	xaplexus
How accurate is the TV series "Rome" in depicting the daily life of both plebians and patricians?	182	NomadicHerdsman
Historians, can you explain how the art of irezumi (Japanese tattoos) began? And how did it come to be exclusively associated with the Yakuza?	182	the_rman
There's a bit in Boardwalk empire where agent Van Alden goes to a restaurant with his wife and she's scandalised by the waiter offering them alcohol. Is it realistic that a normal restaurant would risk offering strange customers Alcohol in the middle of the day?	182	grapp
How did Hebrew go from being a dead language to the majority language in Israel?	182	[deleted]
Were the three wartime conferences considered huge risks?	182	toefirefire
How did Irn Bru manage to become/remain more popular than Coke and Pepsi in Scotland?	182	TheJucheisLoose
What sort of increase in standard of living could a Roman-occupied territory expect (if any?)	182	MRRoberts
Did Americans ever have an issue voting FDR for a third term considering he was breaking the traditional 2 term maximum policy?	182	OppaWumboStyle