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The founding fathers based the U.S. constitution on what they liked about the Roman Republic. Did they recognize any issues with the Roman Republic that they tried to improve on? What were these and how did they go about it?

2064 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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"The South got something to say!", Andre 3000 famously declared in 1995. How did Southern Hip Hop gain prominence until the late 90s? How did its distinct scenes develop in Atlanta, Houston and Memphis?

2064 upvotes • drylaw

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I've been waiting years to ask: why did we all go absolutely bananas for The DaVinci Code in 2003?

2064 upvotes • SaintShrink

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Did Romani Gypsies know they had roots in India before modern genetic and linguistic studies?

2063 upvotes • bush-

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When and why did Virginia lose it's place as one of the most powerful states in America?

2063 upvotes • sweet_dude_

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How valid is the claim that “It was witches who developed an extensive understanding of bones and muscles, herbs and drugs, while physicians were still deriving their prognoses from astrology and alchemists were trying to turn lead into gold."

2063 upvotes • chocolatenihilism

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How did non-Aryan legal residents (Embassy workers, diplomats) live while inside Nazi Germany? Do they casually walk into bars/grocery stores/restaurants sitting next to germans?

2063 upvotes • Suigetsuforthewin

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Did Romans add, subtract, multiply, and divide with roman numerals or did they use a different system all together to solve mathematical equations?

2061 upvotes • 2TiteforSpandex

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Have we learned anything substantially "new" about Roman history in the last 10 years? If so, what are the most consequential things that we've learned?

2061 upvotes • TobyTheRobot

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The founding fathers based the U.S. constitution on what they liked about the Roman Republic. Did they recognize any issues with the Roman Republic that they tried to improve on? What were these and how did they go about it?	2064	RusticBohemian
"The South got something to say!", Andre 3000 famously declared in 1995. How did Southern Hip Hop gain prominence until the late 90s? How did its distinct scenes develop in Atlanta, Houston and Memphis?	2064	drylaw
I've been waiting years to ask: why did we all go absolutely bananas for The DaVinci Code in 2003?	2064	SaintShrink
Did Romani Gypsies know they had roots in India before modern genetic and linguistic studies?	2063	bush-
When and why did Virginia lose it's place as one of the most powerful states in America?	2063	sweet_dude_
How valid is the claim that “It was witches who developed an extensive understanding of bones and muscles, herbs and drugs, while physicians were still deriving their prognoses from astrology and alchemists were trying to turn lead into gold."	2063	chocolatenihilism
How did non-Aryan legal residents (Embassy workers, diplomats) live while inside Nazi Germany? Do they casually walk into bars/grocery stores/restaurants sitting next to germans?	2063	Suigetsuforthewin
Did Romans add, subtract, multiply, and divide with roman numerals or did they use a different system all together to solve mathematical equations?	2061	2TiteforSpandex
Have we learned anything substantially "new" about Roman history in the last 10 years? If so, what are the most consequential things that we've learned?	2061	TobyTheRobot