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What's up with the shape of Croatia? It appears to be shapes specifically to block of Bosnia and Herzegvina's coast, but then Bosnia gets a little chunk of Croatia's coast, diving Croatia in two? How did this happen?

1272 upvotes • CriticallyAlmost

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How did people tolerate oral sex before the age of showers and personal hygiene? From art and literature, oral sex seemed to be popular for centuries. NSFW

1271 upvotes • CheesewithWhine

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When and why did "underwater basket weaving" become the name for irrelevant or very easy classes in universities?

1270 upvotes • mineralfellow

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HBO's John Adams implies Hamilton and others rigged the first US Presidential Election to give Washington a landslide, in the interest of national unity. Were they basing this on anything historical?

1270 upvotes • Oedium

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How did Jewish lenders in medieval Europe enforce their debts? Didn't they have little to no power?

1270 upvotes • IAMAHIPO_ocolor

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Did the Nazis ever seriously consider invading Ireland?

1269 upvotes • KoCrazy

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When the Soviet Union Collapsed in 1991, What Happened at the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C.?

1269 upvotes • DocFreeman

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Why did the Europeans like naming cities after already existing ones when colonising America? (e.g Boston, New York)

1269 upvotes • PrinceYrielofIyanden

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I've seen a few people around the internet claim that the famous Friday Night, Saturday Morning Life of Brian interview was a large contributor to the demise of establishment organised religion in Britain in the eyes of the masses. To what extent is this true?

1269 upvotes • Muzer0

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Why Did the Cherokee, a nation of people driven out of their lands in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky, give such strong support to the Confederates during the Civil War when many of the states in it were the primary actors of the Cherokee removal?

1269 upvotes • Toomuchdata00100

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What's up with the shape of Croatia? It appears to be shapes specifically to block of Bosnia and Herzegvina's coast, but then Bosnia gets a little chunk of Croatia's coast, diving Croatia in two? How did this happen?	1272	CriticallyAlmost
How did people tolerate oral sex before the age of showers and personal hygiene? From art and literature, oral sex seemed to be popular for centuries. NSFW	1271	CheesewithWhine
When and why did "underwater basket weaving" become the name for irrelevant or very easy classes in universities?	1270	mineralfellow
HBO's John Adams implies Hamilton and others rigged the first US Presidential Election to give Washington a landslide, in the interest of national unity. Were they basing this on anything historical?	1270	Oedium
How did Jewish lenders in medieval Europe enforce their debts? Didn't they have little to no power?	1270	IAMAHIPO_ocolor
Did the Nazis ever seriously consider invading Ireland?	1269	KoCrazy
When the Soviet Union Collapsed in 1991, What Happened at the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C.?	1269	DocFreeman
Why did the Europeans like naming cities after already existing ones when colonising America? (e.g Boston, New York)	1269	PrinceYrielofIyanden
I've seen a few people around the internet claim that the famous Friday Night, Saturday Morning Life of Brian interview was a large contributor to the demise of establishment organised religion in Britain in the eyes of the masses. To what extent is this true?	1269	Muzer0
Why Did the Cherokee, a nation of people driven out of their lands in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky, give such strong support to the Confederates during the Civil War when many of the states in it were the primary actors of the Cherokee removal?	1269	Toomuchdata00100