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Was Othello's marriage to Desdemona in Shakespeare's Famous Tragedy a Scandalous or Bold Topic?

178 upvotes • amanhasnocock

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When and how did the US dollar become the gold standard (so to speak) of international currency? Was there a previous national currency that was the recognized standard? How has the presence of an alternate, universally accepted currency affected national sovereignty in other countries?

178 upvotes • td4999

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I've read that, during the conversion of the Germanic peoples, there was a period of time in which Christianity and Germanic paganism were syncretised together. How long would this period have lasted and what evidence of it do we have?

178 upvotes • JosephvonEichendorff

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What happened to the war debt accrued by Austria, Hungary, and the Russian Empire during world war 1?

178 upvotes • ipsum629

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How were medieval non-sword weapons (maces, battleaxes, flails, warhammers, etc.) made?

178 upvotes • Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks

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Did any native americans actually make the "War Woop" aka "wawawawa" noise?

178 upvotes • GreedoGrindhouse

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Dear historians, when did brushing your teeth became a thing. Upper and/or Lower Class

178 upvotes • Jamedu

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Of the extinct pagan religions of northern and eastern Europe, which one is most attested with surviving evidence? How much is left of ancient Lithuanian and Finnish paganism compared to Norse sagas for example?

178 upvotes • ThePotatoTheory

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Why was Emperor Andronikos II's beard like that?

178 upvotes • Squarebeard1282

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Where are all the Egyptians?

178 upvotes • crap-at-COD

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Othello's marriage to Desdemona in Shakespeare's Famous Tragedy a Scandalous or Bold Topic?	178	amanhasnocock
When and how did the US dollar become the gold standard (so to speak) of international currency? Was there a previous national currency that was the recognized standard? How has the presence of an alternate, universally accepted currency affected national sovereignty in other countries?	178	td4999
I've read that, during the conversion of the Germanic peoples, there was a period of time in which Christianity and Germanic paganism were syncretised together. How long would this period have lasted and what evidence of it do we have?	178	JosephvonEichendorff
What happened to the war debt accrued by Austria, Hungary, and the Russian Empire during world war 1?	178	ipsum629
How were medieval non-sword weapons (maces, battleaxes, flails, warhammers, etc.) made?	178	Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks
Did any native americans actually make the "War Woop" aka "wawawawa" noise?	178	GreedoGrindhouse
Dear historians, when did brushing your teeth became a thing. Upper and/or Lower Class	178	Jamedu
Of the extinct pagan religions of northern and eastern Europe, which one is most attested with surviving evidence? How much is left of ancient Lithuanian and Finnish paganism compared to Norse sagas for example?	178	ThePotatoTheory
Why was Emperor Andronikos II's beard like that?	178	Squarebeard1282
Where are all the Egyptians?	178	crap-at-COD