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How did "tax havens" emerge? Was it created consciously by the Government of that country/territory? Which region, if any, was the world's first tax haven?

1236 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Why did Christianity spread to the Amhara and Tigray people in Ethiopia in the early 4th century but it didn’t spread to the Somalis,Oromo,Afar or other Cushitic groups during that time frame?

1235 upvotes • [deleted]

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Is it sheer coincidence that so many revolutions, rebellions, and regime changes occurred in the West, the Islamic World, Southeast Asia, China, and Africa at around the same time, from 1750-1860?

1234 upvotes • Lithide

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Would today’s most beautiful women (say a Victoria’s Secret Model), be considered attractive at Versailles?

1234 upvotes • MyBossSawMyOldName

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In traditional Hawaiian culture women would be put to death for eating pork, coconuts, taro, several types of fish, and 67 out of 70 varieties of bananas. Why was there such a drastic limitation on what women could eat?

1234 upvotes • Tatem1961

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How did Wehrmacht training compare to U.S. training during World War 2? was it superior?

1233 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did the ancient Romans really only eat one meal a day?

1233 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why was the color red so associated with communism?

1233 upvotes • Rolf_Son_of_Rolf

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A famous WW1 memoir gives a first-person account of an Italian suicidal charge over no man's land, so senseless that it caused the distraught Austrians to stop shooting from their trenches and cry out in Italian "Enough! Don't let yourselves be slaughtered like that." Did this actually happen?

1233 upvotes • fan_of_the_pikachu

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How did large armies know where they would find one another in medieval times?

1232 upvotes • SOSyourself

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did "tax havens" emerge? Was it created consciously by the Government of that country/territory? Which region, if any, was the world's first tax haven?	1236	Shashank1000
Why did Christianity spread to the Amhara and Tigray people in Ethiopia in the early 4th century but it didn’t spread to the Somalis,Oromo,Afar or other Cushitic groups during that time frame?	1235	[deleted]
Is it sheer coincidence that so many revolutions, rebellions, and regime changes occurred in the West, the Islamic World, Southeast Asia, China, and Africa at around the same time, from 1750-1860?	1234	Lithide
Would today’s most beautiful women (say a Victoria’s Secret Model), be considered attractive at Versailles?	1234	MyBossSawMyOldName
In traditional Hawaiian culture women would be put to death for eating pork, coconuts, taro, several types of fish, and 67 out of 70 varieties of bananas. Why was there such a drastic limitation on what women could eat?	1234	Tatem1961
How did Wehrmacht training compare to U.S. training during World War 2? was it superior?	1233	[deleted]
Did the ancient Romans really only eat one meal a day?	1233	RusticBohemian
Why was the color red so associated with communism?	1233	Rolf_Son_of_Rolf
A famous WW1 memoir gives a first-person account of an Italian suicidal charge over no man's land, so senseless that it caused the distraught Austrians to stop shooting from their trenches and cry out in Italian "Enough! Don't let yourselves be slaughtered like that." Did this actually happen?	1233	fan_of_the_pikachu
How did large armies know where they would find one another in medieval times?	1232	SOSyourself