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I'm a 20 year old living in the crowded and polluted streets of London in the 1800s. There's filth and disease everywhere! Why do I choose to stay here? Why don't I move to the countryside and find work as a farmhand or maid? Surely it's better than London!?

148 upvotes • J2quared

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What was the international response to Nazi Germany suddenly changing the country's flag in 1935?

148 upvotes • Bladewing10

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Were there any medieval societies with social systems that supported the impoverished or disabled, like modern welfare or food stamps?

148 upvotes • Nemelex

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Why did Roman Emperors tolerate the Senate?

148 upvotes • HallowedResearcher

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How Arabs Influenced the Spanish Music in General and the Flamenco Music in particular?

148 upvotes • anasalami18

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Have the rules of chess changed dramatically since its invention? Would it be possible to go back several centuries and sit down and play a recognisable match?

148 upvotes • Abrytan

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[Movie Request] Comrades! The plenum of the CC considers it necessary to begin preparatory work on the creation of a film about the construction of our Moscow Metro!

148 upvotes • Lazar_Kaganovich

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Why is Judy Garland regarded as a gay icon when she wasn't part of the LGBT community?

148 upvotes • momentsofillusions

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It's a known fact that Robert McNamara was a huge proponent of using mathematical data analysis and computing to influence his decisions as Secretary of Defense. But is it known what calculations he did in particular, what his formulas and models were and to what extent they influenced his strategy?

148 upvotes • redditsuggsazz

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How to date in the Medieval age.

148 upvotes • lmaooo-tricked-you

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I'm a 20 year old living in the crowded and polluted streets of London in the 1800s. There's filth and disease everywhere! Why do I choose to stay here? Why don't I move to the countryside and find work as a farmhand or maid? Surely it's better than London!?	148	J2quared
What was the international response to Nazi Germany suddenly changing the country's flag in 1935?	148	Bladewing10
Were there any medieval societies with social systems that supported the impoverished or disabled, like modern welfare or food stamps?	148	Nemelex
Why did Roman Emperors tolerate the Senate?	148	HallowedResearcher
How Arabs Influenced the Spanish Music in General and the Flamenco Music in particular?	148	anasalami18
Have the rules of chess changed dramatically since its invention? Would it be possible to go back several centuries and sit down and play a recognisable match?	148	Abrytan
[Movie Request] Comrades! The plenum of the CC considers it necessary to begin preparatory work on the creation of a film about the construction of our Moscow Metro!	148	Lazar_Kaganovich
Why is Judy Garland regarded as a gay icon when she wasn't part of the LGBT community?	148	momentsofillusions
It's a known fact that Robert McNamara was a huge proponent of using mathematical data analysis and computing to influence his decisions as Secretary of Defense. But is it known what calculations he did in particular, what his formulas and models were and to what extent they influenced his strategy?	148	redditsuggsazz
How to date in the Medieval age.	148	lmaooo-tricked-you