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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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If I took an AK47 back to Napoleonic France would they have the ability to mass-produce it?

145 upvotes • AllForTheSauce

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I've heard the claim that in the middle ages, married women were "encouraged" to take female lovers rather than male since there would be no risk of pregnancy. Is there any truth to this at all?

145 upvotes • ValleDaFighta

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Was there a "Japanese Resistance" before and/or during World War II?

145 upvotes • J-Dar123

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How did Ancient Romans cut grass?

145 upvotes • Cazidin

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Why is the common wealth countries like Canada and Australia looks at the British Empire with such respect but countries like India (I'm indian) and US looks at their rule as tyrannical? Like currencies of Canada and Australia have the queen on them. Were the British simply nice to them?

145 upvotes • igorwaltz

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Genocide versus Genocides: What is the comparative utility of approaching what was done to the indigenous peoples of the Americas from 1492 onwards as a genocide, in the singular, versus many smaller campaigns of genocide? Are they even in opposition are are they complementary ways to understand it?

145 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
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
If I took an AK47 back to Napoleonic France would they have the ability to mass-produce it?	145	AllForTheSauce
I've heard the claim that in the middle ages, married women were "encouraged" to take female lovers rather than male since there would be no risk of pregnancy. Is there any truth to this at all?	145	ValleDaFighta
Was there a "Japanese Resistance" before and/or during World War II?	145	J-Dar123
How did Ancient Romans cut grass?	145	Cazidin
Why is the common wealth countries like Canada and Australia looks at the British Empire with such respect but countries like India (I'm indian) and US looks at their rule as tyrannical? Like currencies of Canada and Australia have the queen on them. Were the British simply nice to them?	145	igorwaltz
Genocide versus Genocides: What is the comparative utility of approaching what was done to the indigenous peoples of the Americas from 1492 onwards as a genocide, in the singular, versus many smaller campaigns of genocide? Are they even in opposition are are they complementary ways to understand it?	145	Goat_im_Himmel