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In Canada, provincial capitals are often also the 1st or 2nd largest cities in the province, but in the USA, state capitals are often far smaller than the most populous city in the state. Is there a historically interesting explanation of this?

1562 upvotes • DurandalENGR

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Why there are so many T-Shirts with Che Guevara's face on it and why are they everywhere?

1562 upvotes • sammyjamez

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There's an episode of the Twilight zone where they imply Adam & Eve were aliens who's ship crashed on Earth. why didn't that cause a scandal for the show in 1963 America?

1560 upvotes • grapp

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What did the Romans know about what is today Norway and Denmark? Did they ever have problems with raiders from these lands?

1560 upvotes • TanktopSamurai

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How seriously did the ancient Romans take it when someone was declared a god? Did people actually pray to Julius Caesar, hoping for divine aid? Or was it more of a posthumous honour?

1560 upvotes • Jerswar

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When and why did the cloak seemingly fall out of fashion?

1559 upvotes • Isord

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From iron maidens to horny Vikings, the Victorians are known for making up stuff about history that has no basis in fact. What was the general opinion of actual historians of the time about this?

1559 upvotes • beenoc

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How come the American Revolution didn't end up being a series of coups, purges and dictatorships? Like the French Revolution, or almost any other Revolution did?

1558 upvotes • YouMad

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Back in the days when people believed witchcraft was a real thing and prosecuted people for being witches, how could they on one hand believe in malevolent magic and yet believe they could arrest, imprison and execute a "witch" and the witch would not escape/take revenge with their magic?

1558 upvotes • net_traveller

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A medieval nun is raped. Would church or secular authorities handle it? Theologically, did it disrupt vows of chastity/virginity?

1557 upvotes • BatCountryTourist

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In Canada, provincial capitals are often also the 1st or 2nd largest cities in the province, but in the USA, state capitals are often far smaller than the most populous city in the state. Is there a historically interesting explanation of this?	1562	DurandalENGR
Why there are so many T-Shirts with Che Guevara's face on it and why are they everywhere?	1562	sammyjamez
There's an episode of the Twilight zone where they imply Adam & Eve were aliens who's ship crashed on Earth. why didn't that cause a scandal for the show in 1963 America?	1560	grapp
What did the Romans know about what is today Norway and Denmark? Did they ever have problems with raiders from these lands?	1560	TanktopSamurai
How seriously did the ancient Romans take it when someone was declared a god? Did people actually pray to Julius Caesar, hoping for divine aid? Or was it more of a posthumous honour?	1560	Jerswar
When and why did the cloak seemingly fall out of fashion?	1559	Isord
From iron maidens to horny Vikings, the Victorians are known for making up stuff about history that has no basis in fact. What was the general opinion of actual historians of the time about this?	1559	beenoc
How come the American Revolution didn't end up being a series of coups, purges and dictatorships? Like the French Revolution, or almost any other Revolution did?	1558	YouMad
Back in the days when people believed witchcraft was a real thing and prosecuted people for being witches, how could they on one hand believe in malevolent magic and yet believe they could arrest, imprison and execute a "witch" and the witch would not escape/take revenge with their magic?	1558	net_traveller
A medieval nun is raped. Would church or secular authorities handle it? Theologically, did it disrupt vows of chastity/virginity?	1557	BatCountryTourist