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Whatever happened to the house dick?

181 upvotes • DoctorDank

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El Salvador, the nation of 6 million, has more murders than the entire EU. What made Latin America so violent? Is it a legacy of colonialism or a newer development?

181 upvotes • Kerkinitis

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In Revisionist History, Gladwell claims that, prior to Brown v Board of Education, black schools were no worse than white schools and the narrative that they were was, itself, racist propaganda. How much truth is there in this perspective?

181 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Why Romans never tried to conquer Ireland? Did they know it existed at all?

181 upvotes • Svia1100

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It's the 16th century. I'm the only son of minor European nobles and I turn 14 today. What's the celebration like? Is there cake? Do they sing me a special song? Do I get presents?

181 upvotes • Kryptospuridium137

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Why do a lot of Dutch names and surnames have a Latin tinge to it?

181 upvotes • lunarmonkey205

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What would a Tudor kitchen look like?

181 upvotes • toefirefire

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How accurate, in both a practical and a technical sense, are the claims being thrown around that there was a super high (70% or perhaps up to 91%) tax rate on "the rich" under President Eisenhower?

181 upvotes • TripRoberto

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In Game of Thrones and Avatar: The Last Airbender, plays are performed of current events. Historically, did people actually perform in plays about contemporary events?

181 upvotes • WoodlandWizard77

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Given their apparent awareness of Earth's circumference, do we know what the Greeks and Romans thought about the vast amounts of the world that were unexplored by them?

181 upvotes • Words_are_Windy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Whatever happened to the house dick?	181	DoctorDank
El Salvador, the nation of 6 million, has more murders than the entire EU. What made Latin America so violent? Is it a legacy of colonialism or a newer development?	181	Kerkinitis
In Revisionist History, Gladwell claims that, prior to Brown v Board of Education, black schools were no worse than white schools and the narrative that they were was, itself, racist propaganda. How much truth is there in this perspective?	181	Notmiefault
Why Romans never tried to conquer Ireland? Did they know it existed at all?	181	Svia1100
It's the 16th century. I'm the only son of minor European nobles and I turn 14 today. What's the celebration like? Is there cake? Do they sing me a special song? Do I get presents?	181	Kryptospuridium137
Why do a lot of Dutch names and surnames have a Latin tinge to it?	181	lunarmonkey205
What would a Tudor kitchen look like?	181	toefirefire
How accurate, in both a practical and a technical sense, are the claims being thrown around that there was a super high (70% or perhaps up to 91%) tax rate on "the rich" under President Eisenhower?	181	TripRoberto
In Game of Thrones and Avatar: The Last Airbender, plays are performed of current events. Historically, did people actually perform in plays about contemporary events?	181	WoodlandWizard77
Given their apparent awareness of Earth's circumference, do we know what the Greeks and Romans thought about the vast amounts of the world that were unexplored by them?	181	Words_are_Windy