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There has been some claim that the Dalai Lama presided over a feudalistic/slave Tibet until Chinese Communism abolished the system. How accurate is this?

1220 upvotes • Moontouch

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In some of the total war games calvalry can be placed in a "diamond" formation which is represented as an upgrade to the triangle formation. Is this formation historical and if so what advantages did it have to the triangle formation.

1220 upvotes • Betrix5068

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What was the reaction of muslim scholars to the discovery of language families?

1220 upvotes • Frigorifico

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What was the world like on November 11th 1111? Did anyone care that it was 11/11/1111?

1219 upvotes • Shawn_666

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Where there any royals in history who actually married destitute peasants/commoners, like in the fairy tales?

1219 upvotes • HelloDesdemona

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Wikipedia article: term to describe death of Tsar's family in 1918?

1219 upvotes • TopBed9704

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were ww1 snipers picked out during training or are they sorted out at the trenches?

1217 upvotes • suckersdie99

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In Western movies when someone enters a saloon and orders a beer or whiskey they never ask for a price and there never is a pricelist. They just drop some coins. How much WAS a beer / whiskey during the late 19th century?

1217 upvotes • Rough-Seas

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How far back in history does the act of pricing things one less than full tenth hundredth eg. $699 instead of $700 or $0.99 instead of $1 go? When did it start? Was there similar concepts in Roman times?

1217 upvotes • estacado

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Was the landslide Labor victory in the 1945 UK general election as shocking as it sounds? Churchill is a legendary figure and his party had won the popular vote in every election since 1906; was the outcome a backlash against his leadership style, burnout, or something else?

1217 upvotes • td4999

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
There has been some claim that the Dalai Lama presided over a feudalistic/slave Tibet until Chinese Communism abolished the system. How accurate is this?	1220	Moontouch
In some of the total war games calvalry can be placed in a "diamond" formation which is represented as an upgrade to the triangle formation. Is this formation historical and if so what advantages did it have to the triangle formation.	1220	Betrix5068
What was the reaction of muslim scholars to the discovery of language families?	1220	Frigorifico
What was the world like on November 11th 1111? Did anyone care that it was 11/11/1111?	1219	Shawn_666
Where there any royals in history who actually married destitute peasants/commoners, like in the fairy tales?	1219	HelloDesdemona
Wikipedia article: term to describe death of Tsar's family in 1918?	1219	TopBed9704
were ww1 snipers picked out during training or are they sorted out at the trenches?	1217	suckersdie99
In Western movies when someone enters a saloon and orders a beer or whiskey they never ask for a price and there never is a pricelist. They just drop some coins. How much WAS a beer / whiskey during the late 19th century?	1217	Rough-Seas
How far back in history does the act of pricing things one less than full tenth hundredth eg. $699 instead of $700 or $0.99 instead of $1 go? When did it start? Was there similar concepts in Roman times?	1217	estacado
Was the landslide Labor victory in the 1945 UK general election as shocking as it sounds? Churchill is a legendary figure and his party had won the popular vote in every election since 1906; was the outcome a backlash against his leadership style, burnout, or something else?	1217	td4999