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What really happened at Saturn, GM’s radical project to reinvent the small car and the car buying experience?

1422 upvotes • robbyslaughter

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What was the eventual fate of the Library of Alexandria?

1421 upvotes • Tzuvembi

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The Rise of Anti-Centralization/Hate for US Federal Government in the late 80s - as depicted in Die Hard

1421 upvotes • aswan89

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Why are there so few English words of Celtic-British origin?

1421 upvotes • Sericarpus

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What was the reaction of the East Germans when they realized they now had to live under communism?

1421 upvotes • Witty_Run7509

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How was Joseph Goebbels able to achieve such a high position of power within the Nazi party when he himself was disabled and physically handicapped, contrary to the Nazi parties ideals?

1420 upvotes • CrashRiot

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The Devil's Advocate was a position in the Catholic Church to argue against sainthood for a candidate. Was this person ever successful in getting a pope to decide against sainthood?

1420 upvotes • Mapuches_on_Fire

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The Nintendo Entertainment System and the FamilCom featured games so maddeningly difficult that the term "Nintendo Hard" persists to this day. Were there specific cultural, strategic, or other reasons that game designers chose to make NES/FC games so famously difficult?

1420 upvotes • The-Voice-Of-Dog

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Is it true that the wikipedia entry on Catharism is largely a conspiracy theory and Cathars as traditionally understood - an "alternative church", or cohesive sect, of "progressive" heretics, descendent from ancient heresies, who were annihilated by a traditionalist Catholic Church - never existed?

1420 upvotes • labegaw

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How accepted is the theory that most humans practiced "segmented sleep" prior to the Industrial Revolution?

1419 upvotes • chivestheconquerer

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What really happened at Saturn, GM’s radical project to reinvent the small car and the car buying experience?	1422	robbyslaughter
What was the eventual fate of the Library of Alexandria?	1421	Tzuvembi
The Rise of Anti-Centralization/Hate for US Federal Government in the late 80s - as depicted in Die Hard	1421	aswan89
Why are there so few English words of Celtic-British origin?	1421	Sericarpus
What was the reaction of the East Germans when they realized they now had to live under communism?	1421	Witty_Run7509
How was Joseph Goebbels able to achieve such a high position of power within the Nazi party when he himself was disabled and physically handicapped, contrary to the Nazi parties ideals?	1420	CrashRiot
The Devil's Advocate was a position in the Catholic Church to argue against sainthood for a candidate. Was this person ever successful in getting a pope to decide against sainthood?	1420	Mapuches_on_Fire
The Nintendo Entertainment System and the FamilCom featured games so maddeningly difficult that the term "Nintendo Hard" persists to this day. Were there specific cultural, strategic, or other reasons that game designers chose to make NES/FC games so famously difficult?	1420	The-Voice-Of-Dog
Is it true that the wikipedia entry on Catharism is largely a conspiracy theory and Cathars as traditionally understood - an "alternative church", or cohesive sect, of "progressive" heretics, descendent from ancient heresies, who were annihilated by a traditionalist Catholic Church - never existed?	1420	labegaw
How accepted is the theory that most humans practiced "segmented sleep" prior to the Industrial Revolution?	1419	chivestheconquerer