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Why, of the Abrahamic religions, are there so few Jews compared to Christians and Muslims?

153 upvotes • acg706

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Did the Hapsburgs have any clue that their marriage traditions were weakening their lineage?

153 upvotes • countofmoldycrisco

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Why do Ancient Egyptian tombs have doors? Were tombs meant to be re-entered at any point?

153 upvotes • Jazzminkey

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Of Crowns and Kings. When did it become 'normal' for European kings to wear a crown? Or, was it ever really a thing, outside of photo-ops (or the then equivalent)?

153 upvotes • ChiliFlake

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It's the 1300's and I'm a 10 year old boy in a small French village that is about to be pillaged by an English lord's army. What is about to happen to my family and village?

153 upvotes • Alister_Pendragon

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When making a bibliography for an academic paper, why does it matter what city the publisher is based out of?

153 upvotes • a_wandering_vagrant

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What caused the medieval misconceptions - "Dark Ages", right of first night, feudalism etc. - in (popular) history?

153 upvotes • XWZUBU

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What did Native Americans (specifically those who lived on the Great Plains) do when a tornado came?

153 upvotes • TastefullyBliss

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What would have happened if the Apollo astronauts were stranded on the Moon?

153 upvotes • BMot

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What was the plan for the Arab Alliance for Israel if it had won complete victory during the 1948, 1967 wars and Yom Kippur War?

153 upvotes • donheart

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why, of the Abrahamic religions, are there so few Jews compared to Christians and Muslims?	153	acg706
Did the Hapsburgs have any clue that their marriage traditions were weakening their lineage?	153	countofmoldycrisco
Why do Ancient Egyptian tombs have doors? Were tombs meant to be re-entered at any point?	153	Jazzminkey
Of Crowns and Kings. When did it become 'normal' for European kings to wear a crown? Or, was it ever really a thing, outside of photo-ops (or the then equivalent)?	153	ChiliFlake
It's the 1300's and I'm a 10 year old boy in a small French village that is about to be pillaged by an English lord's army. What is about to happen to my family and village?	153	Alister_Pendragon
When making a bibliography for an academic paper, why does it matter what city the publisher is based out of?	153	a_wandering_vagrant
What caused the medieval misconceptions - "Dark Ages", right of first night, feudalism etc. - in (popular) history?	153	XWZUBU
What did Native Americans (specifically those who lived on the Great Plains) do when a tornado came?	153	TastefullyBliss
What would have happened if the Apollo astronauts were stranded on the Moon?	153	BMot
What was the plan for the Arab Alliance for Israel if it had won complete victory during the 1948, 1967 wars and Yom Kippur War?	153	donheart