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I really enjoyed Ian Morris's "Why The West Rules - For Now," recommended in the AH book list. But what does Morris do right that Jared Diamond does wrong?

178 upvotes • edwardtaughtme

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Why was the cost of tickets on the Titanic so much more for women?

178 upvotes • WartimeHotTot

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Why do so many cultures have myths about floods that covered the earth?

178 upvotes • DefinitelyNotABot18

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John Quincy Adams became President 1 year before his father's death. What were John Adam's (or other Founding Fathers') views on his son becoming President given his opinions on the Presidency?

177 upvotes • derstherower

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"I can add colors to the chameleon" is a line from Richard III. How would Shakespeare know what a chameleon was?

177 upvotes • IamRooseBoltonAMA

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When did picture day become an established thing in schools?

177 upvotes • DwelveDeeper

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Robespierre seems like he initially held enlightened views on violence--opposition to capital punishment & to foreign wars of liberation, for example. What caused him to turn toward advocating violence? Was any attempt made to reconcile his previous views, or did he simply abandon them?

177 upvotes • mowshowitz

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Today we think of Afghanistan as the "graveyard of empires", but Alexander the Great was able to conquer and march through the same region with little apparent trouble. What happened between then and now that led to it becoming so dangerous?

177 upvotes • Comrade-Chernov

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What’s all this about all those terrifying-looking torture devices being forgeries?

177 upvotes • Levangeline

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Could a girl (underage) inherit an estate from her presumed deceased brother in 1940s England?

177 upvotes • youcleverlittlefox

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I really enjoyed Ian Morris's "Why The West Rules - For Now," recommended in the AH book list. But what does Morris do right that Jared Diamond does wrong?	178	edwardtaughtme
Why was the cost of tickets on the Titanic so much more for women?	178	WartimeHotTot
Why do so many cultures have myths about floods that covered the earth?	178	DefinitelyNotABot18
John Quincy Adams became President 1 year before his father's death. What were John Adam's (or other Founding Fathers') views on his son becoming President given his opinions on the Presidency?	177	derstherower
"I can add colors to the chameleon" is a line from Richard III. How would Shakespeare know what a chameleon was?	177	IamRooseBoltonAMA
When did picture day become an established thing in schools?	177	DwelveDeeper
Robespierre seems like he initially held enlightened views on violence--opposition to capital punishment & to foreign wars of liberation, for example. What caused him to turn toward advocating violence? Was any attempt made to reconcile his previous views, or did he simply abandon them?	177	mowshowitz
Today we think of Afghanistan as the "graveyard of empires", but Alexander the Great was able to conquer and march through the same region with little apparent trouble. What happened between then and now that led to it becoming so dangerous?	177	Comrade-Chernov
What’s all this about all those terrifying-looking torture devices being forgeries?	177	Levangeline
Could a girl (underage) inherit an estate from her presumed deceased brother in 1940s England?	177	youcleverlittlefox