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AITA for being relieved that my husband is dead?

152 upvotes • tudorwife

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How did Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the bestselling Victorian author who coined phrases like "it was a dark and stormy night", become a mascot of purple prose today?

152 upvotes • Rlyeh_Dispatcher

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In 1807, both the United States and British Empire abolished the slave trade yet slavery itself wouldn't be abolished in both nations for many years. How did they come to the conclusion that slavery was horrible enough to cease importing new slaves but not bad enough to abolish slavery outright?

152 upvotes • Premium_Stapler

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How did Charlemagne correspond with his Germanic neighbors/enemies such as the Saxons and Lombards? Did he use Latin? Were their mother languages still intelligible?

152 upvotes • TheBattler

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Before today had anyone been killed in the U.S Capitol? Has anyone been killed in the White House?

152 upvotes • Jethela

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Could a Peasant During Feudalism "Opt-out" and Go Live Off the Land?

152 upvotes • gsfgf

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Would your average 800 AD Norwegian have believed folk creatures were as physical and present as a bird or an elk? Or were trolls and dwarves thought of more similarly to how modern people view god, or "negative energies"; real, but not something one can physically grasp.

152 upvotes • teryxthrowaway

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During and after slavery was abolished in the US, did business market themselves as “slave-labor free” the same way something today is marked “cruelty free?” More generally, how did businesses capitalize on abolitionist sentiments during and after slavery was ended?

152 upvotes • nueoritic-parents

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Why is the holiday called “Juneteenth”, and how did it come to be celebrated outside of Texas?

152 upvotes • i_post_gibberish

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Has there ever been a notable attempt to write a Third Testament for the Holy Bible?

152 upvotes • Adam-West

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
AITA for being relieved that my husband is dead?	152	tudorwife
How did Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the bestselling Victorian author who coined phrases like "it was a dark and stormy night", become a mascot of purple prose today?	152	Rlyeh_Dispatcher
In 1807, both the United States and British Empire abolished the slave trade yet slavery itself wouldn't be abolished in both nations for many years. How did they come to the conclusion that slavery was horrible enough to cease importing new slaves but not bad enough to abolish slavery outright?	152	Premium_Stapler
How did Charlemagne correspond with his Germanic neighbors/enemies such as the Saxons and Lombards? Did he use Latin? Were their mother languages still intelligible?	152	TheBattler
Before today had anyone been killed in the U.S Capitol? Has anyone been killed in the White House?	152	Jethela
Could a Peasant During Feudalism "Opt-out" and Go Live Off the Land?	152	gsfgf
Would your average 800 AD Norwegian have believed folk creatures were as physical and present as a bird or an elk? Or were trolls and dwarves thought of more similarly to how modern people view god, or "negative energies"; real, but not something one can physically grasp.	152	teryxthrowaway
During and after slavery was abolished in the US, did business market themselves as “slave-labor free” the same way something today is marked “cruelty free?” More generally, how did businesses capitalize on abolitionist sentiments during and after slavery was ended?	152	nueoritic-parents
Why is the holiday called “Juneteenth”, and how did it come to be celebrated outside of Texas?	152	i_post_gibberish
Has there ever been a notable attempt to write a Third Testament for the Holy Bible?	152	Adam-West