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How did the Prohibition EVER gain enough support to happen?

166 upvotes • AustNerevar

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Back when interracial marriage was illegal (in the US), was it just illegal between Whites and Blacks, or were Asians/Hispanics/Native Americans included as well?

166 upvotes • bangonthedrums

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How did economics work in Jane Austin-era England? (Early 1800's) How realistic were these books?

166 upvotes • jodythebad

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Why did people try to defect over the wall in Berlin and not through some unguarded part of the huge border between East and West Germany?

166 upvotes • A_Monsanto

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Can someone give me a summary of who the Teutonic Knights were? Why they were formed and how they ceased to exist?

166 upvotes • CrazyAlienHobo

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How did China, a technological inept country in the 1960s, develop nuclear weapons?

166 upvotes • Shaoer

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How accurate is the HBO series Deadwood, about a gold-mining camp in South Dakota in the 1870s?

166 upvotes • turnerjer

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What are the origins of mathematical symbols like "+", "-" and "="? Have they always been used (since we've had need for them at least), or were other symbols used in the past?

166 upvotes • lameskiana

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It's well stated that the Roman's had an incredible knack for engineering. But who actually were the inventors? Were they state sponsored?

166 upvotes • JusticeIsMight

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What were the effects of a passing army in antique and medieval times to the countryside it was passing?

166 upvotes • PuuperttiRuma

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the Prohibition EVER gain enough support to happen?	166	AustNerevar
Back when interracial marriage was illegal (in the US), was it just illegal between Whites and Blacks, or were Asians/Hispanics/Native Americans included as well?	166	bangonthedrums
How did economics work in Jane Austin-era England? (Early 1800's) How realistic were these books?	166	jodythebad
Why did people try to defect over the wall in Berlin and not through some unguarded part of the huge border between East and West Germany?	166	A_Monsanto
Can someone give me a summary of who the Teutonic Knights were? Why they were formed and how they ceased to exist?	166	CrazyAlienHobo
How did China, a technological inept country in the 1960s, develop nuclear weapons?	166	Shaoer
How accurate is the HBO series Deadwood, about a gold-mining camp in South Dakota in the 1870s?	166	turnerjer
What are the origins of mathematical symbols like "+", "-" and "="? Have they always been used (since we've had need for them at least), or were other symbols used in the past?	166	lameskiana
It's well stated that the Roman's had an incredible knack for engineering. But who actually were the inventors? Were they state sponsored?	166	JusticeIsMight
What were the effects of a passing army in antique and medieval times to the countryside it was passing?	166	PuuperttiRuma