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Elizabeth I was technically born out of wedlock, due to the annulled marriage of her parents, meaning she could not claim the throne. How convoluted were the legal proceedings to allow her reign to become legitimate?

1163 upvotes • Bisto_Boy

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Confederate slaver aristocrat Edmund Ruffin committed suicide when the US won the Civil War, stating death was better than living with the "perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race." Was it common for CSA fanatics to claim northern whites were a different race than southern whites?

1163 upvotes • DamnesiaVu

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What were the early responses to Scientology? Who were the first followers?

1162 upvotes • 82364

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What is the earliest game to have it's rules explicitly written?

1162 upvotes • Breshnyda

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Ghost of Cannae suggests some Roman armies vanished during Hannibal's jaunt around Italy with the sources whitewashing possible defeats. What are the 'lost' major battles of the ancient world, and could there be something as big as Cannae we know nothing about?

1161 upvotes • shallowblue

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How would people in antiquity learn foreign languages?

1161 upvotes • ThePeasantKingM

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If you've watched Crash Course World History, you know that they frequently make generalizations, then add "...except for the Mongols" Where the mongols really an exceptional empire?

1160 upvotes • _PM_ME_YOUR_SMILE

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It’s 1890 and I’m a respected Victorian gentleman who’s out for a night of whoring, general debauchery, trampling the poor, etc. What kinds of birth control/protection are available to me as a well-off member of the upper classes?

1160 upvotes • Normans1066

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New Coke Failure: What caused the New Coke campaign in the 80s to fail so spectacularly? What is the rationale for changing the Coke formula in the first place?

1159 upvotes • sulendil

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When the Vandals controlled North Africa, were their armies composed of mostly German warriors or ones with a more North African heritage?

1159 upvotes • Mrgentleman490

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Elizabeth I was technically born out of wedlock, due to the annulled marriage of her parents, meaning she could not claim the throne. How convoluted were the legal proceedings to allow her reign to become legitimate?	1163	Bisto_Boy
Confederate slaver aristocrat Edmund Ruffin committed suicide when the US won the Civil War, stating death was better than living with the "perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race." Was it common for CSA fanatics to claim northern whites were a different race than southern whites?	1163	DamnesiaVu
What were the early responses to Scientology? Who were the first followers?	1162	82364
What is the earliest game to have it's rules explicitly written?	1162	Breshnyda
Ghost of Cannae suggests some Roman armies vanished during Hannibal's jaunt around Italy with the sources whitewashing possible defeats. What are the 'lost' major battles of the ancient world, and could there be something as big as Cannae we know nothing about?	1161	shallowblue
How would people in antiquity learn foreign languages?	1161	ThePeasantKingM
If you've watched Crash Course World History, you know that they frequently make generalizations, then add "...except for the Mongols" Where the mongols really an exceptional empire?	1160	_PM_ME_YOUR_SMILE
It’s 1890 and I’m a respected Victorian gentleman who’s out for a night of whoring, general debauchery, trampling the poor, etc. What kinds of birth control/protection are available to me as a well-off member of the upper classes?	1160	Normans1066
New Coke Failure: What caused the New Coke campaign in the 80s to fail so spectacularly? What is the rationale for changing the Coke formula in the first place?	1159	sulendil
When the Vandals controlled North Africa, were their armies composed of mostly German warriors or ones with a more North African heritage?	1159	Mrgentleman490