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So I watched the Revenant...

182 upvotes • Peekaboo_Dave

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When was the first embassy started and how did the practice develop of countries having them?

182 upvotes • FidelSpasstro

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Is it coincedence that the 'Allies' are usually the winners or is it just a name victors tend to adopt?

182 upvotes • Wakiem_

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How accurately does the Netflix show Marco Polo describe the Kublai empire?

182 upvotes • Tombenator

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How close was the UK to running out of manpower during World War II?

182 upvotes • Suburban_Santa

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The Qu'ran seems to assume the reader/listener is familiar with the stories of the Old Testament. How familiar would pagan Arabs have been with these stories, and how would they have heard them?

182 upvotes • Seswatha

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Why do Americans today hold respect for Robert E. Lee, a confederate general?

182 upvotes • Nirbhana

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What was '... rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air...' like?

182 upvotes • Phased_and_Amused

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How politically feasible was the pan-Scandinavian movement? Could it have succeeded if Sweden had aided Denmark in the second Schleswig war?

182 upvotes • Thallax

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What was happening in Vienna in the late 1800s that caused the birth of modern sexology and psychology and other fields? Why did figures like Freud, Jung, Kraft-Ebbing and more succeed so rapidly?

182 upvotes • AnnalsPornographie

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
So I watched the Revenant...	182	Peekaboo_Dave
When was the first embassy started and how did the practice develop of countries having them?	182	FidelSpasstro
Is it coincedence that the 'Allies' are usually the winners or is it just a name victors tend to adopt?	182	Wakiem_
How accurately does the Netflix show Marco Polo describe the Kublai empire?	182	Tombenator
How close was the UK to running out of manpower during World War II?	182	Suburban_Santa
The Qu'ran seems to assume the reader/listener is familiar with the stories of the Old Testament. How familiar would pagan Arabs have been with these stories, and how would they have heard them?	182	Seswatha
Why do Americans today hold respect for Robert E. Lee, a confederate general?	182	Nirbhana
What was '... rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air...' like?	182	Phased_and_Amused
How politically feasible was the pan-Scandinavian movement? Could it have succeeded if Sweden had aided Denmark in the second Schleswig war?	182	Thallax
What was happening in Vienna in the late 1800s that caused the birth of modern sexology and psychology and other fields? Why did figures like Freud, Jung, Kraft-Ebbing and more succeed so rapidly?	182	AnnalsPornographie