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Is it true that sailors have mistaken Beluga Whales for mermaids because of their human-like knees?

1187 upvotes • Batchet

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Why is it that many Latin American capital cities are inland?

1187 upvotes • Real_Carl_Ramirez

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Arab Christians have been living in Muslim-run countries for almost 1500 years. To what extent have their beliefs been influenced by Islam?

1186 upvotes • Vladith

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Where did the Nazis send my Polish, Catholic great-grandmother?

1186 upvotes • geeeachoweteaeye

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[Urgent Essay Help]How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?

1185 upvotes • ActuelRoiDeFrance

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Why wasn't communist Mongolia absorbed into the Soviet Union like other Central Asian states?

1185 upvotes • Kirky0331

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How romanticised is the 50s USA in comparison to how it actually was?

1185 upvotes • imtoophilosophical

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Where there any intoxicants other than alcohol in Europe in the Middle Ages? How were these seen by society?

1184 upvotes • MagnificentCat

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Jews didn't eat pork because it used to kill people. Why wasn't this a problem other parts of the world like Asia?

1184 upvotes • tolndakoti

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What was it that made Halo: Combat Evolved such a huge phenomenon in 2001?

1184 upvotes • HotSail5465

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it true that sailors have mistaken Beluga Whales for mermaids because of their human-like knees?	1187	Batchet
Why is it that many Latin American capital cities are inland?	1187	Real_Carl_Ramirez
Arab Christians have been living in Muslim-run countries for almost 1500 years. To what extent have their beliefs been influenced by Islam?	1186	Vladith
Where did the Nazis send my Polish, Catholic great-grandmother?	1186	geeeachoweteaeye
[Urgent Essay Help]How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?	1185	ActuelRoiDeFrance
Why wasn't communist Mongolia absorbed into the Soviet Union like other Central Asian states?	1185	Kirky0331
How romanticised is the 50s USA in comparison to how it actually was?	1185	imtoophilosophical
Where there any intoxicants other than alcohol in Europe in the Middle Ages? How were these seen by society?	1184	MagnificentCat
Jews didn't eat pork because it used to kill people. Why wasn't this a problem other parts of the world like Asia?	1184	tolndakoti
What was it that made Halo: Combat Evolved such a huge phenomenon in 2001?	1184	HotSail5465