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Historians of very niche topics: How did you get in to your field? Was it a life-long passion or...? What is your experience like working in something so esoteric? How many people share your field?

1299 upvotes • reformed_colonial

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How much is modern European "paganism" actually based on pre-Christian religion?

1299 upvotes • Unlikely-Isopod-9453

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To what extent, if any, did Abraham Lincoln know Karl Marx?

1298 upvotes • -Lord-Varys-

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Brazil is the Blackest country outside of Africa, with roughly half of its population identifying as Afro-Brazilian. What is the history of segregation in Brazil (especially after emancipation), and was there a "successful" racist institutional backlash to integration like Jim Crow in the U.S.?

1298 upvotes • TendingTheirGarden

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Did the American Civil War have any impact on European military theory?

1297 upvotes • instantiatedObject

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What did it mean to be a 'Party' member in the USSR, and what kind of advantages in life did it offer?

1297 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Why do actors in modern movies today feel more "real" than the acting we see in old movies like Casablanca?

1296 upvotes • jiangalang

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Is there any reference to Moses, the plagues, or the Exodus in Ancient Egyptian writings?

1296 upvotes • goldfine

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Bosnia is almost landlocked, but it has a narrow, 12-mile long piece of land on the Adriatic Sea. How did it get this sliver, and how has it kept it, despite it cutting off a piece of Croatia? Why isn't the strip built up as an industrial port for Bosnia?

1296 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Is it true that Roman engineers were made to stand underneath the bridge they designed while the armies marched over it?

1295 upvotes • throwaway_lmkg

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Historians of very niche topics: How did you get in to your field? Was it a life-long passion or...? What is your experience like working in something so esoteric? How many people share your field?	1299	reformed_colonial
How much is modern European "paganism" actually based on pre-Christian religion?	1299	Unlikely-Isopod-9453
To what extent, if any, did Abraham Lincoln know Karl Marx?	1298	-Lord-Varys-
Brazil is the Blackest country outside of Africa, with roughly half of its population identifying as Afro-Brazilian. What is the history of segregation in Brazil (especially after emancipation), and was there a "successful" racist institutional backlash to integration like Jim Crow in the U.S.?	1298	TendingTheirGarden
Did the American Civil War have any impact on European military theory?	1297	instantiatedObject
What did it mean to be a 'Party' member in the USSR, and what kind of advantages in life did it offer?	1297	Goat_im_Himmel
Why do actors in modern movies today feel more "real" than the acting we see in old movies like Casablanca?	1296	jiangalang
Is there any reference to Moses, the plagues, or the Exodus in Ancient Egyptian writings?	1296	goldfine
Bosnia is almost landlocked, but it has a narrow, 12-mile long piece of land on the Adriatic Sea. How did it get this sliver, and how has it kept it, despite it cutting off a piece of Croatia? Why isn't the strip built up as an industrial port for Bosnia?	1296	RusticBohemian
Is it true that Roman engineers were made to stand underneath the bridge they designed while the armies marched over it?	1295	throwaway_lmkg