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The Irish diet before the famine was 90% potatoes. What did the bodies built by such a diet look like, and how was their health?

179 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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How common was it for Roman legionaries to complete their service and get their pension? Do we have any first hand records of said legionaries and what they did with their pension?

179 upvotes • 24karatkake

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What was university like for women in the 1950s?

179 upvotes • xsabrix

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Why are whites and hispanics separate categories in the US? As a European it is mind-boggling for me that someone with Spanish ancestry isn't considered white.

179 upvotes • PeterFriedrichLudwig

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Reading Spanish and Portuguese accounts of their trips to India, they seem to regard the Arab traders as being foes like the Moors they had defeated in the Reconquista. How tuned in were Arab traders in the Indian ocean to developments in the West i.e. the fall of Grenada? Would they have cared?

179 upvotes • jurble

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For a clan/ethnic group that ruled over China for ~300 hundred years, how&why did the Manchus become culturally/linguistically non-existent?

179 upvotes • sippher

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How late XXIth century historians will analyze correspondency between historic figures? Are there any efforts or debates on how historians will access their Messengers, iMessages, e-mails etc.?

179 upvotes • umotex12

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Were the Viet Cong and the Communist Party of Vietnam supported by the majority of the Vietnamese (in South and North Vietnam respectively)? How widespread was support for the leadership of the South Vietnam in comparison?

179 upvotes • 42342534635

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"Hamilton" - our revisions to make it a proper and more truthful [REVUE]

179 upvotes • JamesBayard

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Ancient and medieval scribes made several errors and changes when copying the Bible, leading to several passages where the original version is disputed to this day, and several instances where errors have shaped the way key passages are understood. Is the same true of any sufficiently ancient text?

179 upvotes • MaxThrustage

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Irish diet before the famine was 90% potatoes. What did the bodies built by such a diet look like, and how was their health?	179	RusticBohemian
How common was it for Roman legionaries to complete their service and get their pension? Do we have any first hand records of said legionaries and what they did with their pension?	179	24karatkake
What was university like for women in the 1950s?	179	xsabrix
Why are whites and hispanics separate categories in the US? As a European it is mind-boggling for me that someone with Spanish ancestry isn't considered white.	179	PeterFriedrichLudwig
Reading Spanish and Portuguese accounts of their trips to India, they seem to regard the Arab traders as being foes like the Moors they had defeated in the Reconquista. How tuned in were Arab traders in the Indian ocean to developments in the West i.e. the fall of Grenada? Would they have cared?	179	jurble
For a clan/ethnic group that ruled over China for ~300 hundred years, how&why did the Manchus become culturally/linguistically non-existent?	179	sippher
How late XXIth century historians will analyze correspondency between historic figures? Are there any efforts or debates on how historians will access their Messengers, iMessages, e-mails etc.?	179	umotex12
Were the Viet Cong and the Communist Party of Vietnam supported by the majority of the Vietnamese (in South and North Vietnam respectively)? How widespread was support for the leadership of the South Vietnam in comparison?	179	42342534635
"Hamilton" - our revisions to make it a proper and more truthful [REVUE]	179	JamesBayard
Ancient and medieval scribes made several errors and changes when copying the Bible, leading to several passages where the original version is disputed to this day, and several instances where errors have shaped the way key passages are understood. Is the same true of any sufficiently ancient text?	179	MaxThrustage