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Why is preserving (literal) tons of Roman Lead so important?

155 upvotes • quantum31415

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When did the term 'Great Depression' become widespread and used to describe that time period?

155 upvotes • letdown105

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Why did the name "Indians" for native Americans stick after they realized the geographic error?

155 upvotes • ryeoldfashioned

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What were some of the last countries/major regions to adopt the seven-day week? Do any major populations still have an alternative?

155 upvotes • Tropolist

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Were there any Nazi comic-book/film-reel superheroes? How did Nazi artists or government officials respond to American superheroes?

155 upvotes • WileECyrus

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Did matrilineal marriages really exist in the Western Middle Ages?

155 upvotes • ThereIsAManBehindYou

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Theres a bit in Emperor (2012 film about occupation of japan)where Fumimaro Konoe implies that theres no difference between the Japanese & the British empires, Americans just see one because japan isn’t European. Is that really a viewpoint a prominent Japanese person would plausibly have in the 40s?

155 upvotes • grapp

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What is the largest infiltration of the US government we know of?

155 upvotes • MaxwellThePrawn

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As a young enlistee in the U.S. Army in WWII, what would have been the most hazardous combat assignment I could receive? What would have been the least?

155 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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Why did China enter the Korean War when the UN forces did not cross the Yalu River?

155 upvotes • edenapple

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is preserving (literal) tons of Roman Lead so important?	155	quantum31415
When did the term 'Great Depression' become widespread and used to describe that time period?	155	letdown105
Why did the name "Indians" for native Americans stick after they realized the geographic error?	155	ryeoldfashioned
What were some of the last countries/major regions to adopt the seven-day week? Do any major populations still have an alternative?	155	Tropolist
Were there any Nazi comic-book/film-reel superheroes? How did Nazi artists or government officials respond to American superheroes?	155	WileECyrus
Did matrilineal marriages really exist in the Western Middle Ages?	155	ThereIsAManBehindYou
Theres a bit in Emperor (2012 film about occupation of japan)where Fumimaro Konoe implies that theres no difference between the Japanese & the British empires, Americans just see one because japan isn’t European. Is that really a viewpoint a prominent Japanese person would plausibly have in the 40s?	155	grapp
What is the largest infiltration of the US government we know of?	155	MaxwellThePrawn
As a young enlistee in the U.S. Army in WWII, what would have been the most hazardous combat assignment I could receive? What would have been the least?	155	TheJucheisLoose
Why did China enter the Korean War when the UN forces did not cross the Yalu River?	155	edenapple