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Whats known about the pre-Christian religions in Poland? What happened to them?

145 upvotes • questionsofscience

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Did the ancients give one another tiny static shocks? What did they think it was and are there accounts of this?

145 upvotes • fweng

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Was the Trojan War real?

145 upvotes • Practical-Day-6486

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Was there ever a case of a Swedish Lawspeaker being accused of deliberately "misremembering" a law?

145 upvotes • verasev

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Why was the AIDS epidemic so much more severe in the US than in other Western countries?

145 upvotes • droim

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A sort of meta historiography question - how do you think the study and process of historical analysis will change now that nearly unlimited primary sources are readily available about anything that happens?

145 upvotes • tpd123

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When horse rentals were a thing (in olden times), how did they prevent horses from being stolen? There obviously weren't any VIN numbers, license plates, drivers licenses, or police to track them down.

145 upvotes • dasmowenator

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When did the ancient Greek (or even Roman) religion cease to exist?

145 upvotes • diogenesthepuppy

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What exactly was it about Japan’s culture in WWII that made them so particularly brutal and inhumane? NSFW

145 upvotes • SuminerNaem

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What did the Air Force do in 9/11?

145 upvotes • TuneGloomy6694

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Whats known about the pre-Christian religions in Poland? What happened to them?	145	questionsofscience
Did the ancients give one another tiny static shocks? What did they think it was and are there accounts of this?	145	fweng
Was the Trojan War real?	145	Practical-Day-6486
Was there ever a case of a Swedish Lawspeaker being accused of deliberately "misremembering" a law?	145	verasev
Why was the AIDS epidemic so much more severe in the US than in other Western countries?	145	droim
A sort of meta historiography question - how do you think the study and process of historical analysis will change now that nearly unlimited primary sources are readily available about anything that happens?	145	tpd123
When horse rentals were a thing (in olden times), how did they prevent horses from being stolen? There obviously weren't any VIN numbers, license plates, drivers licenses, or police to track them down.	145	dasmowenator
When did the ancient Greek (or even Roman) religion cease to exist?	145	diogenesthepuppy
What exactly was it about Japan’s culture in WWII that made them so particularly brutal and inhumane? NSFW	145	SuminerNaem
What did the Air Force do in 9/11?	145	TuneGloomy6694