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You often here anecdotal that "Alcohol was so prevalent during the Middle Ages because it was safer than water".

154 upvotes • hateboss

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How does an average person discern truth from propaganda when studying current events and historical events?

153 upvotes • GoodNewsLetsDance

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Did women in 1910-1950 give broccoli to women they were wooing?

153 upvotes • hidefromthethunder

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Why so much old maid photos have them standing aside a chair?

153 upvotes • VosMiceSama

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Why did civilization start out only in certain river valleys?

153 upvotes • MaxMaxMax_05

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Cocaine went from a common ingredient in beverages, cigars, lozenges (etc.) to an illegal drug generally partaken of by the wealthy. What led to this shift? Was it a long process? Did the public call for it or resist it? Just curious about this seemingly major shift.

153 upvotes • Prof_Acorn

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Why did China remain united throughout most of its history, while Europe was fractured into many relatively small realms?

153 upvotes • thedankiestmanalive

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Why did (US) news media make such a huge deal about (inflation-adjusted) minor changes in staple food prices through the 1950s?

153 upvotes • dan_blather

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What were Napoleonic war veterans opinions about Napoleon iii rise to power?

153 upvotes • Douchbag_lover

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I've read Mein Kampf. It seems like trite racist material that isn't well written or original. Did the book become famous because Hitler wrote it, or because it was considered a powerful work?

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
You often here anecdotal that "Alcohol was so prevalent during the Middle Ages because it was safer than water".	154	hateboss
How does an average person discern truth from propaganda when studying current events and historical events?	153	GoodNewsLetsDance
Did women in 1910-1950 give broccoli to women they were wooing?	153	hidefromthethunder
Why so much old maid photos have them standing aside a chair?	153	VosMiceSama
Why did civilization start out only in certain river valleys?	153	MaxMaxMax_05
Cocaine went from a common ingredient in beverages, cigars, lozenges (etc.) to an illegal drug generally partaken of by the wealthy. What led to this shift? Was it a long process? Did the public call for it or resist it? Just curious about this seemingly major shift.	153	Prof_Acorn
Why did China remain united throughout most of its history, while Europe was fractured into many relatively small realms?	153	thedankiestmanalive
Why did (US) news media make such a huge deal about (inflation-adjusted) minor changes in staple food prices through the 1950s?	153	dan_blather
What were Napoleonic war veterans opinions about Napoleon iii rise to power?	153	Douchbag_lover
I've read Mein Kampf. It seems like trite racist material that isn't well written or original. Did the book become famous because Hitler wrote it, or because it was considered a powerful work?	153	RusticBohemian