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How Dutch was William III of England? Was he bilingual? How much did Dutch culture and customs come into the fore in England when he ascended to the throne alongside Mary?

1772 upvotes • Dry_Discussion

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How serious a loss was the burning of the Library of Alexandria to human knowledge?

1771 upvotes • [deleted]

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Would common folk have known how widespread the Black Death was while it was going on?

1771 upvotes • rs2excelsior

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Did Asians know about Australia?

1771 upvotes • hadambence

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Today, we tend to poke fun at the name "Holy Roman Empire". But would the average German living, let's say in the mid-11th Century before the investiture controversy, have seen their society as the legitimate heir to Rome?

1770 upvotes • AsaTJ

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Although colonized by Spain for over 300 years, the Philippines never became a Spanish-speaking nation, unlike Latin America. Why is that?

1769 upvotes • amorbidcuriousity

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Why didn't the United States try to claim or seize more land after Alaska and Hawaii? Why was Manifest Destiny limited to continental North America?

1768 upvotes • EnderGuardian

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Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, saved Abraham Lincoln's son from serious injury or death on a train platform in 1864 or 1865. Can anyone tell me anything more about this incident? Did the two ever exchange words after Lincoln's assassination?

1768 upvotes • chikindiner

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Were many fossils discovered when trenches were dug in WW1?

1768 upvotes • Will9t7

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There's tons of American media about a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War, but what media exists from Russia about a world where the United States won and what kind of world was expected?

1768 upvotes • GoogMastr

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How Dutch was William III of England? Was he bilingual? How much did Dutch culture and customs come into the fore in England when he ascended to the throne alongside Mary?	1772	Dry_Discussion
How serious a loss was the burning of the Library of Alexandria to human knowledge?	1771	[deleted]
Would common folk have known how widespread the Black Death was while it was going on?	1771	rs2excelsior
Did Asians know about Australia?	1771	hadambence
Today, we tend to poke fun at the name "Holy Roman Empire". But would the average German living, let's say in the mid-11th Century before the investiture controversy, have seen their society as the legitimate heir to Rome?	1770	AsaTJ
Although colonized by Spain for over 300 years, the Philippines never became a Spanish-speaking nation, unlike Latin America. Why is that?	1769	amorbidcuriousity
Why didn't the United States try to claim or seize more land after Alaska and Hawaii? Why was Manifest Destiny limited to continental North America?	1768	EnderGuardian
Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, saved Abraham Lincoln's son from serious injury or death on a train platform in 1864 or 1865. Can anyone tell me anything more about this incident? Did the two ever exchange words after Lincoln's assassination?	1768	chikindiner
Were many fossils discovered when trenches were dug in WW1?	1768	Will9t7
There's tons of American media about a world where the Soviet Union won the Cold War, but what media exists from Russia about a world where the United States won and what kind of world was expected?	1768	GoogMastr