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President Andrew Jackson accused officials of the Second Bank of the United States of speculating, "in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you. When you lost, you charged it to the bank." — Was he right? Were the bankers crooked?

2400 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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African Diet before the Columbian Exchange

2398 upvotes • Jtwil2191

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Sam Rayburn is the longest tenured Speaker of the US House of Representatives ever, serving over 17 years. He was essentially the second most powerful American for 20 years. How significant is Rayburn to American history? How has his legacy shaped current American politics?

2398 upvotes • KEYBOARDSMASHERJ

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Before food allergies became known/detected, would people believe a person to be poisoned if they are something they were allergic to?

2398 upvotes • TheRealGoochman

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What was life like ~ 70,000 years ago?

2398 upvotes • Tirus_

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Living in rural America, how quickly would I have learned of President Lincoln's death?

2397 upvotes • AWReezy

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In June 16, 1955, hundreds of civilians were killed in Buenos Aires by the Argentine Air force, in a failed coup attempt. Was there any international reaction to this massacre or was just considered an internal affair and ignored?

2396 upvotes • ParaGuardarCosas

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Blacksmiths, farmers, stonemasons… hard labor in the premodern times was brutal. How would a peasant laborer in… say France, 100 years war period deal with a repetitive trauma/orthopedic injury like a rotator cuff tear, slipped disk, carpal tunnel or torn meniscus? We’re they screwed?

2396 upvotes • StevenSegalsNipples

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How true is the statement "Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies, like the Greeks, did not divide people according to physical distinctions, but according to religion, status, class, even language"?

2395 upvotes • wigsternm

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Were the striking uniforms in Nazi Germany designed intentionally to be frightening, or do we only find them frightening because they were worn by Nazis?

2395 upvotes • Nihil-Novi

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President Andrew Jackson accused officials of the Second Bank of the United States of speculating, "in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you. When you lost, you charged it to the bank." — Was he right? Were the bankers crooked?	2400	RusticBohemian
African Diet before the Columbian Exchange	2398	Jtwil2191
Sam Rayburn is the longest tenured Speaker of the US House of Representatives ever, serving over 17 years. He was essentially the second most powerful American for 20 years. How significant is Rayburn to American history? How has his legacy shaped current American politics?	2398	KEYBOARDSMASHERJ
Before food allergies became known/detected, would people believe a person to be poisoned if they are something they were allergic to?	2398	TheRealGoochman
What was life like ~ 70,000 years ago?	2398	Tirus_
Living in rural America, how quickly would I have learned of President Lincoln's death?	2397	AWReezy
In June 16, 1955, hundreds of civilians were killed in Buenos Aires by the Argentine Air force, in a failed coup attempt. Was there any international reaction to this massacre or was just considered an internal affair and ignored?	2396	ParaGuardarCosas
Blacksmiths, farmers, stonemasons… hard labor in the premodern times was brutal. How would a peasant laborer in… say France, 100 years war period deal with a repetitive trauma/orthopedic injury like a rotator cuff tear, slipped disk, carpal tunnel or torn meniscus? We’re they screwed?	2396	StevenSegalsNipples
How true is the statement "Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies, like the Greeks, did not divide people according to physical distinctions, but according to religion, status, class, even language"?	2395	wigsternm
Were the striking uniforms in Nazi Germany designed intentionally to be frightening, or do we only find them frightening because they were worn by Nazis?	2395	Nihil-Novi