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How did Spain sink from being a huge, sprawling, global empire, with territory in Africa, most of South and Central America, and, at one stage, about one third of Europe, to becoming a largely irrelevant power by WWI?

155 upvotes • wamchuk

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How much sexual violence was there in the American Civil War?

155 upvotes • chunkyrice13

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"Hail, Columbia" used to be the de-facto national anthem for the United States, but today almost no American has heard of this song. What led to its downfall?

155 upvotes • TheLordHighExecu

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Was there any resistance to JFK appointing his brother Attorney General?

155 upvotes • kirkydoodle

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How did Portugal react to over a million "retornados" coming back to Portugal from its colonies in the wake of the 1974 Carnation Revolution?

155 upvotes • Sweendog024

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Why is Shakespeare considered to be one of the best writers of all time? Has he always been taught about? If not, when and why did he become a staple of high school curriculum?

155 upvotes • MakeYahwehDankAgain

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How and why did America's dress standards decrease so drastically? What gave rise to people wearing things like a t-shirt and sweatpants out and about in public on a regular basis?

155 upvotes • a-sin-on-a-boy

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When social security was implemented in the US, what happened to those who were already elderly or middle-aged and therefore had worked their whole lives without paying into it?

155 upvotes • JJVMT

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During the Cold War, what (if any) plans did countries have for themselves and the world following an all out nuclear war?

155 upvotes • Spyrith

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Medical historians: when and why did dentistry evolve as a separate discipline from medicine/surgery, instead of as a specialty such as ophthalmology or ENT?

155 upvotes • addisinmontgomery

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Spain sink from being a huge, sprawling, global empire, with territory in Africa, most of South and Central America, and, at one stage, about one third of Europe, to becoming a largely irrelevant power by WWI?	155	wamchuk
How much sexual violence was there in the American Civil War?	155	chunkyrice13
"Hail, Columbia" used to be the de-facto national anthem for the United States, but today almost no American has heard of this song. What led to its downfall?	155	TheLordHighExecu
Was there any resistance to JFK appointing his brother Attorney General?	155	kirkydoodle
How did Portugal react to over a million "retornados" coming back to Portugal from its colonies in the wake of the 1974 Carnation Revolution?	155	Sweendog024
Why is Shakespeare considered to be one of the best writers of all time? Has he always been taught about? If not, when and why did he become a staple of high school curriculum?	155	MakeYahwehDankAgain
How and why did America's dress standards decrease so drastically? What gave rise to people wearing things like a t-shirt and sweatpants out and about in public on a regular basis?	155	a-sin-on-a-boy
When social security was implemented in the US, what happened to those who were already elderly or middle-aged and therefore had worked their whole lives without paying into it?	155	JJVMT
During the Cold War, what (if any) plans did countries have for themselves and the world following an all out nuclear war?	155	Spyrith
Medical historians: when and why did dentistry evolve as a separate discipline from medicine/surgery, instead of as a specialty such as ophthalmology or ENT?	155	addisinmontgomery