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Meta - This subreddit was praised by Alexis Ohanian

166 upvotes • LikelyAYuppie

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What Happened to Cairo, Illinois?

166 upvotes • FenwayPatriot

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What caused Henry V to start using English rather than French in government in 1417?

166 upvotes • tchernychevski

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I always hear that our sleep cycles are all wrong compared to what they should be in nature, and it's always attributed to the industrial revolution. Before the 8 hour work day, what was the normal sleep patterns like for people?

166 upvotes • Daedalus128

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I've heard Czechoslovakia had one of the biggest, best equipped armies in interwar Europe, yet the Germans walked in after the Munich Agreement. How powerful was Czechoslovakia before the Munich Agreement? How harmful was losing the Sudetenland to their military / economic standing?

166 upvotes • Mexi_dude

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I'm an adult in the 1960s US, and I want to see the Beatles when they come to NY next month. Since there's no internet, how do I buy my ticket? Where do I get the ticket from?

166 upvotes • pokeaotic

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I've heard that the Haussmann urban renewal program of Paris (1853-1927) was partly motivated by having a city layout, with wide alleys meeting at large junctions, that allows for easy crowd control using cannons and grapeshot. Is there any truth to this?

166 upvotes • DdCno1

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Why Was American Architecture for Public Buildings From the Late 1960's to Late 1970's So Terrible?

166 upvotes • methodwriter85

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Underneath the Mesopotamian "eye for an eye" philosophy, if you killed someone's son, would they kill you, or kill your own son?

166 upvotes • incorporatedprojects

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How exactly did the USAF influence the Space Shuttle programme and how did this contribute to its perceived failure?

166 upvotes • audax6

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Meta - This subreddit was praised by Alexis Ohanian	166	LikelyAYuppie
What Happened to Cairo, Illinois?	166	FenwayPatriot
What caused Henry V to start using English rather than French in government in 1417?	166	tchernychevski
I always hear that our sleep cycles are all wrong compared to what they should be in nature, and it's always attributed to the industrial revolution. Before the 8 hour work day, what was the normal sleep patterns like for people?	166	Daedalus128
I've heard Czechoslovakia had one of the biggest, best equipped armies in interwar Europe, yet the Germans walked in after the Munich Agreement. How powerful was Czechoslovakia before the Munich Agreement? How harmful was losing the Sudetenland to their military / economic standing?	166	Mexi_dude
I'm an adult in the 1960s US, and I want to see the Beatles when they come to NY next month. Since there's no internet, how do I buy my ticket? Where do I get the ticket from?	166	pokeaotic
I've heard that the Haussmann urban renewal program of Paris (1853-1927) was partly motivated by having a city layout, with wide alleys meeting at large junctions, that allows for easy crowd control using cannons and grapeshot. Is there any truth to this?	166	DdCno1
Why Was American Architecture for Public Buildings From the Late 1960's to Late 1970's So Terrible?	166	methodwriter85
Underneath the Mesopotamian "eye for an eye" philosophy, if you killed someone's son, would they kill you, or kill your own son?	166	incorporatedprojects
How exactly did the USAF influence the Space Shuttle programme and how did this contribute to its perceived failure?	166	audax6