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Why don't the Romani Gypsies practice Hinduism when they retained so much of their culture from India?

157 upvotes • bush-

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Have US presidential campaigns traditionally been met with violent protest?

157 upvotes • dmorin

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For young children who spent most of their lives inside concentration camps, how hard was it to adjust to normal life once the camps were liberated?

157 upvotes • OhMaaGodAmSoFatttttt

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What was the theology behind the Roman Imperial Cult? Did the Romans believe that becoming Emperor made one divine or were Emperors divine individuals fated to become Emperor?

157 upvotes • Seswatha

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Why wasn't Istanbul/Constantinople returned to the modern Greek state?

157 upvotes • Kravixon

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What happened to Mongolia after Genghis Khan?

157 upvotes • AceAxos

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How much truth is there to the claim that if Nazi Germany hadn't waged war around 1939, its economy would've collapsed shortly after?

157 upvotes • tlumacz

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In 1139 the Pope banned the use of crossbows. Is this the first known incident of a weapon being banned for ethical reasons?

157 upvotes • Feezec

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William the Conqueror was a duke in Francia, but became king of his conquered lands in England. How did the king of Francia feel about this? Wasn't that weird? Like the governor of California just going and conquering a part of Mexico for himself, but not the U.S.? Was that ok with the other dukes?

157 upvotes • valeriepieris

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Where does the tradition of April Fools day come from?

157 upvotes • Woekie_Overlord

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why don't the Romani Gypsies practice Hinduism when they retained so much of their culture from India?	157	bush-
Have US presidential campaigns traditionally been met with violent protest?	157	dmorin
For young children who spent most of their lives inside concentration camps, how hard was it to adjust to normal life once the camps were liberated?	157	OhMaaGodAmSoFatttttt
What was the theology behind the Roman Imperial Cult? Did the Romans believe that becoming Emperor made one divine or were Emperors divine individuals fated to become Emperor?	157	Seswatha
Why wasn't Istanbul/Constantinople returned to the modern Greek state?	157	Kravixon
What happened to Mongolia after Genghis Khan?	157	AceAxos
How much truth is there to the claim that if Nazi Germany hadn't waged war around 1939, its economy would've collapsed shortly after?	157	tlumacz
In 1139 the Pope banned the use of crossbows. Is this the first known incident of a weapon being banned for ethical reasons?	157	Feezec
William the Conqueror was a duke in Francia, but became king of his conquered lands in England. How did the king of Francia feel about this? Wasn't that weird? Like the governor of California just going and conquering a part of Mexico for himself, but not the U.S.? Was that ok with the other dukes?	157	valeriepieris
Where does the tradition of April Fools day come from?	157	Woekie_Overlord