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Is this ancient Roman ’beware of dog’ mosaic a joke?

173 upvotes • BaffledPlato

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FDR was able to nominate a total of 9 supreme court justices while in office. Was there a direct effect because of it?

173 upvotes • malgoya

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How many companies survived the Great Depression? If I bought stocks of main companies during the Great Depression would I have gotten rich afterwards?

173 upvotes • CaesarTheFirst1

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What policies did Abraham Lincoln and the Congress throughout the Civil War push that were not related to slavery or the war itself?

173 upvotes • chikindiner

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I've read that ancient humans hunted prey using a method called persistence hunting in which hunters ran and pursued the prey in other ways for a long time until the prey was exhausted. But in what way did ancient humans carry the water during this type of hunting?

173 upvotes • [deleted]

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"Waterloo was won on the fields of Eton" said Lord Wellington. How influential in England has Eton been?

173 upvotes • eternalkerri

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The Catholic Profession of Faith is a carefully worded statement. Which elements of it were specifically worded to reject the beliefs of competing "heretical" branches of Christianity?

173 upvotes • adenoidcystic

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My teacher says that the 1800 election was the first time in world history that power was peacefully transferred between parties. It seems too general to be true. Is he right?

173 upvotes • starm4nn

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What happened to the Hellenic Population of Anatolia after Ottoman conquests?

173 upvotes • Dazzclln

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What are some of the significant "known" lost works from antiquity?

173 upvotes • Thraxman

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is this ancient Roman ’beware of dog’ mosaic a joke?	173	BaffledPlato
FDR was able to nominate a total of 9 supreme court justices while in office. Was there a direct effect because of it?	173	malgoya
How many companies survived the Great Depression? If I bought stocks of main companies during the Great Depression would I have gotten rich afterwards?	173	CaesarTheFirst1
What policies did Abraham Lincoln and the Congress throughout the Civil War push that were not related to slavery or the war itself?	173	chikindiner
I've read that ancient humans hunted prey using a method called persistence hunting in which hunters ran and pursued the prey in other ways for a long time until the prey was exhausted. But in what way did ancient humans carry the water during this type of hunting?	173	[deleted]
"Waterloo was won on the fields of Eton" said Lord Wellington. How influential in England has Eton been?	173	eternalkerri
The Catholic Profession of Faith is a carefully worded statement. Which elements of it were specifically worded to reject the beliefs of competing "heretical" branches of Christianity?	173	adenoidcystic
My teacher says that the 1800 election was the first time in world history that power was peacefully transferred between parties. It seems too general to be true. Is he right?	173	starm4nn
What happened to the Hellenic Population of Anatolia after Ottoman conquests?	173	Dazzclln
What are some of the significant "known" lost works from antiquity?	173	Thraxman