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Regarding WW1-era leg wrappings

145 upvotes • Psyentific

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How did the Merovingian kings, so powerful under Clovis, become so irrelevant as to be overshadowed by the Mayor of the Palace?

145 upvotes • [deleted]

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During the Great Awakening (1730s/40s), it is my understanding that “everyone is equal in the eyes of God” was heavily preached and accepted across the colonies. Why did this not result in slavery being abolished?

145 upvotes • cappayne

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When berlin was split into two, how did the metro continue to function

145 upvotes • Xamos99

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My social studies teacher is teaching us many things that contradict to what I've learned before.

145 upvotes • MerlinDaWizarf

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How were the Greeks who fled the Byzantine Empire treated in the Italian City States? (Second attempt at asking)

145 upvotes • DoctorEmperor

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In "Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks" how is "Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem" an insult?

145 upvotes • slvrcrystalc

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I'm an American Seaman Second Class on a USN Cruiser during World War II. We dock at an Australian port and I get shore leave. I go on an epic bender and sober up two days later to find my ship has left port without me. How much trouble am I in, and what are my options?

145 upvotes • Vaux1916

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Did people back in the day really drink the way that it is depicted in westerns?

145 upvotes • Clovah

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Did Mussolini or other high ranking Fascist Party members consider abolishing the papacy instead of granting them Vatican City in 1929? Did Atatürk or other CHP members consider granting the Osmanoğlu family a plot of land in Istanbul to continue the Caliphate instead of abolishing it in 1924?

145 upvotes • qernanded

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Regarding WW1-era leg wrappings	145	Psyentific
How did the Merovingian kings, so powerful under Clovis, become so irrelevant as to be overshadowed by the Mayor of the Palace?	145	[deleted]
During the Great Awakening (1730s/40s), it is my understanding that “everyone is equal in the eyes of God” was heavily preached and accepted across the colonies. Why did this not result in slavery being abolished?	145	cappayne
When berlin was split into two, how did the metro continue to function	145	Xamos99
My social studies teacher is teaching us many things that contradict to what I've learned before.	145	MerlinDaWizarf
How were the Greeks who fled the Byzantine Empire treated in the Italian City States? (Second attempt at asking)	145	DoctorEmperor
In "Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks" how is "Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem" an insult?	145	slvrcrystalc
I'm an American Seaman Second Class on a USN Cruiser during World War II. We dock at an Australian port and I get shore leave. I go on an epic bender and sober up two days later to find my ship has left port without me. How much trouble am I in, and what are my options?	145	Vaux1916
Did people back in the day really drink the way that it is depicted in westerns?	145	Clovah
Did Mussolini or other high ranking Fascist Party members consider abolishing the papacy instead of granting them Vatican City in 1929? Did Atatürk or other CHP members consider granting the Osmanoğlu family a plot of land in Istanbul to continue the Caliphate instead of abolishing it in 1924?	145	qernanded