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Why did the Egyptians stop building large pyramids?

150 upvotes • Nirocalden

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It's 1700s England, I'm an elite, and my son has a mental illness like depression or anxiety. Whats the treatment?

150 upvotes • inquisitive_idgit

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I've generally heard that the Il-Khanate of Persia was among the darkest periods in that nation's history. How accurate is that claim?

150 upvotes • nickcooper1991

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How far involved was Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the ethnic cleansing of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and others in Anatolia?

150 upvotes • mbraganza

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How did the Nazis break the news of Hitler's death? Did they let people know that it was suicide?

150 upvotes • ABBAholic95

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Why does the difference between bronze/iron/steel weapons matter? Don't all swords kill just as well?

150 upvotes • -originalname-

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In 1984 Capcom released the game 1942. Was there any controversy in Japan about a Japanese company making a game where you played as an american shooting down Japanese planes?

150 upvotes • hom3land

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How true is it that some leftist academics in the West supported Pol Pot in Cambodia?

150 upvotes • Alpy94

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How did medieval europeans contextualize distinctly middle-eastern characters in the bible like the Pharoah, or Babylon?

150 upvotes • questionforrxrex

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Did lords in Tudor England (and medieval Europe in General) really rape peasant women for fun?

150 upvotes • desosaink

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the Egyptians stop building large pyramids?	150	Nirocalden
It's 1700s England, I'm an elite, and my son has a mental illness like depression or anxiety. Whats the treatment?	150	inquisitive_idgit
I've generally heard that the Il-Khanate of Persia was among the darkest periods in that nation's history. How accurate is that claim?	150	nickcooper1991
How far involved was Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the ethnic cleansing of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and others in Anatolia?	150	mbraganza
How did the Nazis break the news of Hitler's death? Did they let people know that it was suicide?	150	ABBAholic95
Why does the difference between bronze/iron/steel weapons matter? Don't all swords kill just as well?	150	-originalname-
In 1984 Capcom released the game 1942. Was there any controversy in Japan about a Japanese company making a game where you played as an american shooting down Japanese planes?	150	hom3land
How true is it that some leftist academics in the West supported Pol Pot in Cambodia?	150	Alpy94
How did medieval europeans contextualize distinctly middle-eastern characters in the bible like the Pharoah, or Babylon?	150	questionforrxrex
Did lords in Tudor England (and medieval Europe in General) really rape peasant women for fun?	150	desosaink