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What's the history of being "fashionably late" to something?

165 upvotes • penis_loaf

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Has a barrel ever been less expensive than a pair of pants?

165 upvotes • BelligerentGnu

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Would the Byzantine army of AD 1114 have been more or less organised than the Roman army AD 114? How much had the structure of the Roman military changed in that 1000 years?

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Did Buddhist warlords/rulers use Buddhist doctrine in their justifications for battle? If so, how?

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When and why did we start drinking wine out of stemmed bulbous glasses, but not other drinks?

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wwould the average peasant have been aware of the discovery of the americas?

165 upvotes • Masaryk

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Why did the battle of Teutoburg Forest have such an impact on Roman expansion into Germany?

165 upvotes • hellenicbactria

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Per Russell Brand's stand-up; did Gandhi let his wife die by relying on Vedic medicine, and then, himself, accept Western medical treatment when he came down with a similar ailment?

165 upvotes • moralprolapse

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If aragorn was such a great king, how was it so simple for his kingdom to become a lesser partner in a union under Castile?

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What was the popularity of Adolf Hitler in the USA and Western Europe throughout the 1930s?

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What's the history of being "fashionably late" to something?	165	penis_loaf
Has a barrel ever been less expensive than a pair of pants?	165	BelligerentGnu
Would the Byzantine army of AD 1114 have been more or less organised than the Roman army AD 114? How much had the structure of the Roman military changed in that 1000 years?	165	grapp
Did Buddhist warlords/rulers use Buddhist doctrine in their justifications for battle? If so, how?	165	snerdsnerd
When and why did we start drinking wine out of stemmed bulbous glasses, but not other drinks?	165	[deleted]
wwould the average peasant have been aware of the discovery of the americas?	165	Masaryk
Why did the battle of Teutoburg Forest have such an impact on Roman expansion into Germany?	165	hellenicbactria
Per Russell Brand's stand-up; did Gandhi let his wife die by relying on Vedic medicine, and then, himself, accept Western medical treatment when he came down with a similar ailment?	165	moralprolapse
If aragorn was such a great king, how was it so simple for his kingdom to become a lesser partner in a union under Castile?	165	SheamusMurchadh
What was the popularity of Adolf Hitler in the USA and Western Europe throughout the 1930s?	165	lokir6