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How Was Modern Infrastructure Installed in Old Cities?

150 upvotes • brellbrell

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Given the current state of archaeology, what is the likelihood of discovering a previously completely unknown civilization? Is the entirety of the globe pretty much accounted for by now?

150 upvotes • achilles_m

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To what extent was the Bundeswehr a successor to the wehrmacht? What changes were made to the culture, structure and organization?

150 upvotes • frederickvan

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How soon after WWI did people realise WWII was coming?

150 upvotes • notetag

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How did professions that used lots of paper, like bankers and lawyers, preserve the hundreds of pages of documents in the 19th Century?

150 upvotes • mrpeabodyscoaltrain

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Why hasn't the United States Congress issued a formal declaration of war since 1942?

149 upvotes • [deleted]

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I am reading the Aeneid, and I noticed that Vergil throws in a lot of random names that go unmentioned for the rest of the epic (ex: Melampus, Cydon). Would these names be recognizable to Romans?

149 upvotes • Pigmund_Freud

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Why doesn't Finland share the language group with the other Nordic countries or Russia?

149 upvotes • fittpassword

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What did a typical ancient Roman office look like? Did they have desks?

149 upvotes • yellomrs

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When and why did San Francisco develop a "gay" reputation?

149 upvotes • dave_g17

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How Was Modern Infrastructure Installed in Old Cities?	150	brellbrell
Given the current state of archaeology, what is the likelihood of discovering a previously completely unknown civilization? Is the entirety of the globe pretty much accounted for by now?	150	achilles_m
To what extent was the Bundeswehr a successor to the wehrmacht? What changes were made to the culture, structure and organization?	150	frederickvan
How soon after WWI did people realise WWII was coming?	150	notetag
How did professions that used lots of paper, like bankers and lawyers, preserve the hundreds of pages of documents in the 19th Century?	150	mrpeabodyscoaltrain
Why hasn't the United States Congress issued a formal declaration of war since 1942?	149	[deleted]
I am reading the Aeneid, and I noticed that Vergil throws in a lot of random names that go unmentioned for the rest of the epic (ex: Melampus, Cydon). Would these names be recognizable to Romans?	149	Pigmund_Freud
Why doesn't Finland share the language group with the other Nordic countries or Russia?	149	fittpassword
What did a typical ancient Roman office look like? Did they have desks?	149	yellomrs
When and why did San Francisco develop a "gay" reputation?	149	dave_g17