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Did wealthy U.S. Presidents historically divest themselves of business interests or place them in blind trusts while serving their term of office, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest?

2275 upvotes • Argos_the_Dog

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What do Aztec and Mayan houses and commercial buildings look like? We always hear of their large cities, why do we only see pyramids?

2274 upvotes • bluerobot27

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Why was Bill Clinton's approval rating so low in the first few months of his presidency?

2273 upvotes • GaslightProphet

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How likely is it that Tibetan shirpas could have climbed Mount Everest centuries ago and it just didn't get recorded?

2273 upvotes • Emerald120

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During the Holocaust, is there evidence of even a single SS soldier who stopped and said "This is immoral, I can't do this"?

2272 upvotes • merteil2

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Many americans apparantly moved to the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. How well did they adapt to Soviet life? Did they survive the great purge?

2270 upvotes • LordSomething

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A common complaint of present day adults is that certain life goals (home ownership, education, gainful employment) were more attainable by the baby boomer generation. Is this actually true? Do the data actually support claims like "a janitor in the 50s could support a family in a 3 bedroom house"?

2270 upvotes • MKorostoff

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"In 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek boiled hundreds of Communists alive," claimed George Orwell. Is this actually true? If not, where could he have heard such a report from?

2269 upvotes • electrovalent

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Back in medieval times, did the common person knew what their King and Queen looked like?

2268 upvotes • HAD7

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Was New York in the 70s as sleazy and corrupt as it's depicted in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976)?

2268 upvotes • acharismaticjeweller

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did wealthy U.S. Presidents historically divest themselves of business interests or place them in blind trusts while serving their term of office, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest?	2275	Argos_the_Dog
What do Aztec and Mayan houses and commercial buildings look like? We always hear of their large cities, why do we only see pyramids?	2274	bluerobot27
Why was Bill Clinton's approval rating so low in the first few months of his presidency?	2273	GaslightProphet
How likely is it that Tibetan shirpas could have climbed Mount Everest centuries ago and it just didn't get recorded?	2273	Emerald120
During the Holocaust, is there evidence of even a single SS soldier who stopped and said "This is immoral, I can't do this"?	2272	merteil2
Many americans apparantly moved to the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. How well did they adapt to Soviet life? Did they survive the great purge?	2270	LordSomething
A common complaint of present day adults is that certain life goals (home ownership, education, gainful employment) were more attainable by the baby boomer generation. Is this actually true? Do the data actually support claims like "a janitor in the 50s could support a family in a 3 bedroom house"?	2270	MKorostoff
"In 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek boiled hundreds of Communists alive," claimed George Orwell. Is this actually true? If not, where could he have heard such a report from?	2269	electrovalent
Back in medieval times, did the common person knew what their King and Queen looked like?	2268	HAD7
Was New York in the 70s as sleazy and corrupt as it's depicted in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976)?	2268	acharismaticjeweller