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Why is there so little discussion about the Phillipine-American war in the United States?

162 upvotes • roballen488

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How did ancient cultures deal with small increments of time? (Like seconds/minutes)

162 upvotes • porkmaestro

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How were the lives of male and female prostitutes in the Roman Empire different?

162 upvotes • parisianpajamas

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Both North Africa and Egypt were almost entirely Christian prior to the Muslim conquests. What factors allowed Christian communities to survive in Egypt but not North Africa?

162 upvotes • Vladith

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Did most "common people" know what date it was on a given day during the middle ages?

162 upvotes • MaddenedMan

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Are there any flights from the early 1900s that were "lost" in the rural North American West that are still missing?

162 upvotes • tendimensions

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How did English end up not having noun genders?

162 upvotes • okayyyyyyyyyyyy

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When do wars get their names?

162 upvotes • logopolys

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When did the standard dimension of credit cards come to be what we have today?

162 upvotes • Orckilla

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How likely is it that George Washington would have heard music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

162 upvotes • purelyparadox23

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is there so little discussion about the Phillipine-American war in the United States?	162	roballen488
How did ancient cultures deal with small increments of time? (Like seconds/minutes)	162	porkmaestro
How were the lives of male and female prostitutes in the Roman Empire different?	162	parisianpajamas
Both North Africa and Egypt were almost entirely Christian prior to the Muslim conquests. What factors allowed Christian communities to survive in Egypt but not North Africa?	162	Vladith
Did most "common people" know what date it was on a given day during the middle ages?	162	MaddenedMan
Are there any flights from the early 1900s that were "lost" in the rural North American West that are still missing?	162	tendimensions
How did English end up not having noun genders?	162	okayyyyyyyyyyyy
When do wars get their names?	162	logopolys
When did the standard dimension of credit cards come to be what we have today?	162	Orckilla
How likely is it that George Washington would have heard music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?	162	purelyparadox23