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How did Native Americans protect themselves from tornadoes?

180 upvotes • Henry_Privette

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What is the history of the barbecue grill? When did it become ubiquitous in US backyards, and how did it become so strongly associated with Americana and masculinity?

180 upvotes • CommodoreCoCo

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My great-grandad was a monolingual Welsh speaker until adulthood when he became a sailor. He refused to teach any of his children Welsh given the limiting effect he felt it had on his career. How common a viewpoint was this? And how limiting would not speaking English have been for him growing up?

180 upvotes • dreadful_name

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What do we still not know about the Manhattan Project, 70+ years later?

180 upvotes • to_change

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When did Shakespeare start to be taught in schools?

180 upvotes • driveonacid

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Watching Ken Burn's The US and the Holocaust, and I was surprised to learn just how popular eugenics was. The doc comments that it was based on flawed science. My question is at what level did the flaw in the science take place?

180 upvotes • ch00f

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Bill Maher recently said he believes a large reason behind the Second Amendment was to more easily control the slave populations. Is there any evidence to suggest this?

180 upvotes • _DeanRiding

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Wyoming granted women suffrage in 1869, fifty years before the 19th Amendment, and before any Western country enacted it on a nation-wide level. This was a popular decision among the residents of the then-territory. What made Wyoming progressive when it came women's rights?

180 upvotes • TheBronzeAgeCollapse

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How mind-boggling would the mathematical abilities of an average person in the 21st century appear to the average nobility or peasant of medieval Europe?

180 upvotes • thelanktank03

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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden supposedly dressed as a Gothic king at a tournament in the 1610s. Do we have any idea what his costume looked like? What did 17th century people think Goths and their kings looked like?

180 upvotes • din_maker

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Native Americans protect themselves from tornadoes?	180	Henry_Privette
What is the history of the barbecue grill? When did it become ubiquitous in US backyards, and how did it become so strongly associated with Americana and masculinity?	180	CommodoreCoCo
My great-grandad was a monolingual Welsh speaker until adulthood when he became a sailor. He refused to teach any of his children Welsh given the limiting effect he felt it had on his career. How common a viewpoint was this? And how limiting would not speaking English have been for him growing up?	180	dreadful_name
What do we still not know about the Manhattan Project, 70+ years later?	180	to_change
When did Shakespeare start to be taught in schools?	180	driveonacid
Watching Ken Burn's The US and the Holocaust, and I was surprised to learn just how popular eugenics was. The doc comments that it was based on flawed science. My question is at what level did the flaw in the science take place?	180	ch00f
Bill Maher recently said he believes a large reason behind the Second Amendment was to more easily control the slave populations. Is there any evidence to suggest this?	180	_DeanRiding
Wyoming granted women suffrage in 1869, fifty years before the 19th Amendment, and before any Western country enacted it on a nation-wide level. This was a popular decision among the residents of the then-territory. What made Wyoming progressive when it came women's rights?	180	TheBronzeAgeCollapse
How mind-boggling would the mathematical abilities of an average person in the 21st century appear to the average nobility or peasant of medieval Europe?	180	thelanktank03
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden supposedly dressed as a Gothic king at a tournament in the 1610s. Do we have any idea what his costume looked like? What did 17th century people think Goths and their kings looked like?	180	din_maker