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Were ancient Romas actually as sexually liberated as it is pictured in modern media?

154 upvotes • MoltenSlag

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Anheuser-Busch was founded in a city packed to the brim with Breweries. Why did they come out on top as opposed to one of the numerous others in St. Louis?

154 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Senate Rule XIX says "8. Former Presidents of the United States shall be entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to the Presiding Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary arrangements." Has any previous President done this?

154 upvotes • nyran20

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Tell me about Rome in the Islamic and/or Arab imagination

154 upvotes • Snagsby

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James Lowen in "Lies My Teacher Told Me" claims that historians view all the high history books with disdain because of how much is omitted and warped, my question is how do you historians view his book "Lies My Teacher Told Me"?

154 upvotes • My_Own_Persona

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Why did Margaret Thatcher staunchly support the enactment of Section 28 despite being one of only a few Conservative MPs to vote for decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967?

154 upvotes • iThinkaLot1

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As settlers moved West across the United States, was there a significant amount of people who decided it wasn't for them, and moved back East?

154 upvotes • DemonOfElru

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The Western Front during World War I seems like hell on Earth. How widespread were attempts at desertion and how successful were they? What sort of obstacles would someone trying to desert face?

154 upvotes • JollyRabbit

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Why was there so much heroin in the early 90's alternative rock music scene? (members of Nirvana, Sublime, Mother Love Bone, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Everclear, etc. etc)

154 upvotes • yodatsracist

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A significant percentage of the population of (now) Maine voted against statehood in 1819. What was the actual sentiment towards the proposal and how did inhabitants respond to the Missouri Compromise?

154 upvotes • dnpaddict

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were ancient Romas actually as sexually liberated as it is pictured in modern media?	154	MoltenSlag
Anheuser-Busch was founded in a city packed to the brim with Breweries. Why did they come out on top as opposed to one of the numerous others in St. Louis?	154	Goat_im_Himmel
Senate Rule XIX says "8. Former Presidents of the United States shall be entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to the Presiding Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary arrangements." Has any previous President done this?	154	nyran20
Tell me about Rome in the Islamic and/or Arab imagination	154	Snagsby
James Lowen in "Lies My Teacher Told Me" claims that historians view all the high history books with disdain because of how much is omitted and warped, my question is how do you historians view his book "Lies My Teacher Told Me"?	154	My_Own_Persona
Why did Margaret Thatcher staunchly support the enactment of Section 28 despite being one of only a few Conservative MPs to vote for decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967?	154	iThinkaLot1
As settlers moved West across the United States, was there a significant amount of people who decided it wasn't for them, and moved back East?	154	DemonOfElru
The Western Front during World War I seems like hell on Earth. How widespread were attempts at desertion and how successful were they? What sort of obstacles would someone trying to desert face?	154	JollyRabbit
Why was there so much heroin in the early 90's alternative rock music scene? (members of Nirvana, Sublime, Mother Love Bone, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Everclear, etc. etc)	154	yodatsracist
A significant percentage of the population of (now) Maine voted against statehood in 1819. What was the actual sentiment towards the proposal and how did inhabitants respond to the Missouri Compromise?	154	dnpaddict