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Did Nazi Uboats crews and spies make landfall on the shores of newfoundland during WW2?

153 upvotes • -DeadLock

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Is snapping, with your fingers, a universal thing that all humans figured out? Or did some cultures not know how to snap until taught by other cultures?

153 upvotes • EpicAura99

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M.I. Finley, a scholar of classical economics, argued there were only five true “slave societies” in history: Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Caribbean, Southern US, and Brazil. Is this claim criticized today? What does this say about the transatlantic slave trade in global historical context?

153 upvotes • echoGroot

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Why do countries in Latin America eat so much rice?

153 upvotes • henrique3d

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What was the cultural view of public nudity in Edo-period Japan?

153 upvotes • brokensilence32

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Why did the UK “accept”Ireland’s independence so quickly when the British Empire was at its height?

153 upvotes • SH9001

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In the 1992 track ‘Baby Got Back’ Sir Mix-a-Lot raps, “I’m tired of magazines Sayin’ flat butts are the thing” Was there a time in history when flat bottoms were seen as the ideal form, and what led to the change?

153 upvotes • SuperNintendad

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Why was Vichy France allowed to exist?

153 upvotes • Chinese_redditor

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How profitable was the Atlantic African Slave Trade to the Africans?

153 upvotes • groundhogs

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Through various history classes, I have learned a good deal about the history of all the major civilizations - But I have a hard time of figuring out where all the events and historical people are in relation to one another: What is a good timeline resource?

153 upvotes • icansayanything1

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Nazi Uboats crews and spies make landfall on the shores of newfoundland during WW2?	153	-DeadLock
Is snapping, with your fingers, a universal thing that all humans figured out? Or did some cultures not know how to snap until taught by other cultures?	153	EpicAura99
M.I. Finley, a scholar of classical economics, argued there were only five true “slave societies” in history: Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Caribbean, Southern US, and Brazil. Is this claim criticized today? What does this say about the transatlantic slave trade in global historical context?	153	echoGroot
Why do countries in Latin America eat so much rice?	153	henrique3d
What was the cultural view of public nudity in Edo-period Japan?	153	brokensilence32
Why did the UK “accept”Ireland’s independence so quickly when the British Empire was at its height?	153	SH9001
In the 1992 track ‘Baby Got Back’ Sir Mix-a-Lot raps, “I’m tired of magazines Sayin’ flat butts are the thing” Was there a time in history when flat bottoms were seen as the ideal form, and what led to the change?	153	SuperNintendad
Why was Vichy France allowed to exist?	153	Chinese_redditor
How profitable was the Atlantic African Slave Trade to the Africans?	153	groundhogs
Through various history classes, I have learned a good deal about the history of all the major civilizations - But I have a hard time of figuring out where all the events and historical people are in relation to one another: What is a good timeline resource?	153	icansayanything1