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How common was it for Roman men to marry one of their female slaves in his house?

166 upvotes • Ferociouslionfish

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How and to what extent was the Dustbowl covered by international media?

166 upvotes • theurbanbandaid

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Before the Watergate scandal broke, was Nixon viewed as a "good" if not potentially "great" president?

166 upvotes • nicksam112

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Other than in compressed time frame, how does Hitler's "Lebensraum" differ from the American "Manifest Density"?

166 upvotes • a_voided

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Why did Japan see much stronger population growth than other industrialized countries until the 90s, and then start falling off before the others did?

166 upvotes • pineapple3000

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Before cars were in invented, was "Horse-riding Under the Influence" a thing?

166 upvotes • darklordoftech

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How well does Jules Verne's novel "From the Earth to the Moon" reflect the scientific understanding of space travel in the 1860s?

166 upvotes • anthropology_nerd

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If I were a commoner in rural medieval England (1400s-1500s-ish), would I know anything detailed about events like the War of the Roses or the Hundred Years' War? Would I have publicly voiced support for one side or the other?

166 upvotes • EternalNewGuy

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AMA: The Age of Right Wing Revolutions, 1918-1945

166 upvotes • G0dwinsLawyer

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Did the Warring States of China speak compatible languages? What about the Three Kingdoms, or the Northern and Southern dynasties? Are the modern Chinese language areas related to previous dynastic borders?

166 upvotes • omnomdumplings

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How common was it for Roman men to marry one of their female slaves in his house?	166	Ferociouslionfish
How and to what extent was the Dustbowl covered by international media?	166	theurbanbandaid
Before the Watergate scandal broke, was Nixon viewed as a "good" if not potentially "great" president?	166	nicksam112
Other than in compressed time frame, how does Hitler's "Lebensraum" differ from the American "Manifest Density"?	166	a_voided
Why did Japan see much stronger population growth than other industrialized countries until the 90s, and then start falling off before the others did?	166	pineapple3000
Before cars were in invented, was "Horse-riding Under the Influence" a thing?	166	darklordoftech
How well does Jules Verne's novel "From the Earth to the Moon" reflect the scientific understanding of space travel in the 1860s?	166	anthropology_nerd
If I were a commoner in rural medieval England (1400s-1500s-ish), would I know anything detailed about events like the War of the Roses or the Hundred Years' War? Would I have publicly voiced support for one side or the other?	166	EternalNewGuy
AMA: The Age of Right Wing Revolutions, 1918-1945	166	G0dwinsLawyer
Did the Warring States of China speak compatible languages? What about the Three Kingdoms, or the Northern and Southern dynasties? Are the modern Chinese language areas related to previous dynastic borders?	166	omnomdumplings