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What was life like for a university student in the 1650s?

174 upvotes • InGoodCondition

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How did the word "earth" come to be used as the name of our planet?

174 upvotes • chupacabra_elnino

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Is the Fischer Thesis the accepted explanation for how World War One started?

174 upvotes • SaibaManbomb

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How horrible was the sack of Constantinople by the Latin Crusaders?

174 upvotes • conbutt

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How did Western culture come to associate specific colors with specific emotions (red rage, green with envy, feeling blue, and so on)? Are these emotional connotations universal or specific to Western culture?

174 upvotes • aescolanus

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How wild was the wild west? Was violence as prevalent as it is in popular culture, were people shooting each other left and right for nothing more than cheating at poker, or was it very civil?

174 upvotes • itstheleviathan

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After European contact, was there a mass die off of aboriginal Australians similar to what happened to native Americans?

174 upvotes • irrelevantnonsequitr

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Mohammed Naguib in 1952 was the first native Egyptian to rule Egypt in 2,294 years. Was this considered significant in Egypt at the time?

174 upvotes • Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

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Is it true that before the introduction of coffee to Europe in the 16th century, the drink of choice in urban centers was beer/wine/hard cider/etc. and that in effect, everyone, including children were buzzed or drunk for almost every waking moment?

174 upvotes • KommandantVideo

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Is it valid to say that the Han Chinese national identity is just Ottomanism, had Ottomanism worked?

174 upvotes • sheehanmilesk

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was life like for a university student in the 1650s?	174	InGoodCondition
How did the word "earth" come to be used as the name of our planet?	174	chupacabra_elnino
Is the Fischer Thesis the accepted explanation for how World War One started?	174	SaibaManbomb
How horrible was the sack of Constantinople by the Latin Crusaders?	174	conbutt
How did Western culture come to associate specific colors with specific emotions (red rage, green with envy, feeling blue, and so on)? Are these emotional connotations universal or specific to Western culture?	174	aescolanus
How wild was the wild west? Was violence as prevalent as it is in popular culture, were people shooting each other left and right for nothing more than cheating at poker, or was it very civil?	174	itstheleviathan
After European contact, was there a mass die off of aboriginal Australians similar to what happened to native Americans?	174	irrelevantnonsequitr
Mohammed Naguib in 1952 was the first native Egyptian to rule Egypt in 2,294 years. Was this considered significant in Egypt at the time?	174	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
Is it true that before the introduction of coffee to Europe in the 16th century, the drink of choice in urban centers was beer/wine/hard cider/etc. and that in effect, everyone, including children were buzzed or drunk for almost every waking moment?	174	KommandantVideo
Is it valid to say that the Han Chinese national identity is just Ottomanism, had Ottomanism worked?	174	sheehanmilesk