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When did incarceration become the default method of criminal punishment?

147 upvotes • Ammop

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Were there ever religious pilgrimages to the northern lights?

147 upvotes • CoCoMagic

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you know follies (IE pretend ancient ruins built by 18/19th century english aristocrats, to make their estate seem more ancient), did they actually have the desired effect at the the time, or did people back then find the idea just as silly and vain as we do?

147 upvotes • grapp

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After the Tiananmen Square massacre, did the Chinese government actually bill the victims' families for the cost of the bullets used to kill them?

147 upvotes • Desperada

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In film we see depictions of viking age Norse longhouses with huge low hearth right in the center. If they were actually built like this, how did they get the smoke out of the building?

147 upvotes • ErroEtSpero

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Are there recorded accounts of advancing and fortifying armies of WWII coming upon the remains of WWI or other historic Battlefield remains, artifacts, and casualties? Or any record of this in any capacity?

147 upvotes • GrumpyOldKid

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Why didn't Hitler wait until after World War II to begin the death/work camps?

147 upvotes • majrpayne68

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How did anti-Semitism become a feature of both far right and far left politics?

147 upvotes • Badgerfest

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Is there any evidence of Sino-Roman contact?

147 upvotes • Ed-Dee

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Who was the cheif deity in Irish paganism?

147 upvotes • ShockedCurve453

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When did incarceration become the default method of criminal punishment?	147	Ammop
Were there ever religious pilgrimages to the northern lights?	147	CoCoMagic
you know follies (IE pretend ancient ruins built by 18/19th century english aristocrats, to make their estate seem more ancient), did they actually have the desired effect at the the time, or did people back then find the idea just as silly and vain as we do?	147	grapp
After the Tiananmen Square massacre, did the Chinese government actually bill the victims' families for the cost of the bullets used to kill them?	147	Desperada
In film we see depictions of viking age Norse longhouses with huge low hearth right in the center. If they were actually built like this, how did they get the smoke out of the building?	147	ErroEtSpero
Are there recorded accounts of advancing and fortifying armies of WWII coming upon the remains of WWI or other historic Battlefield remains, artifacts, and casualties? Or any record of this in any capacity?	147	GrumpyOldKid
Why didn't Hitler wait until after World War II to begin the death/work camps?	147	majrpayne68
How did anti-Semitism become a feature of both far right and far left politics?	147	Badgerfest
Is there any evidence of Sino-Roman contact?	147	Ed-Dee
Who was the cheif deity in Irish paganism?	147	ShockedCurve453