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What did the foreigners think of Cromwell's commonwealth?

1139 upvotes • StannisLivesOn

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There were more than a million people living in Rome in the year 210. How exactly could such a huge city function in a time before cars or subways? How did transportation work? Did Rome have horse-traffic jams?

1138 upvotes • Double-decker_trams

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Is it a coincidence that the two most important former Axis countries, Germany and Japan, now have one of the strongest economies in the world? If not, what is the reason that despite their losses in WWII, they managed to create a robust economy?

1138 upvotes • [deleted]

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Indigenous Australian communities currently have significant problems with alcohol. What is the history behind this? Was alcohol ever used as a ‘weapon’ by the settlers/invaders to deliberately subdue Indigenous groups?

1138 upvotes • mrwhappy

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During the time of slavery in the United States, why did the slaves opted to flee to the North instead of going more South to Mexico where slavery is already abolished?

1138 upvotes • black9099

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Did the CIA spark the inner cities crack epidemic ?

1138 upvotes • xlhat

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Why are so many countries called 'Guinea'?

1137 upvotes • Johnny_Yukon

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After Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, was Thomas Jefferson still friends with or correspond with him afterwards?

1137 upvotes • PrescribesKush

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I'm languishing in an East German prison. It's 1989, the Wall just came down and Germany's about to be reunified. What's going to happen to me?

1137 upvotes • jorcoga

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In Steven Spielberg's movie "Munich" (2005), the CIA is portrayed as financing and protecting the terrorist leader Ali Hassan Salameh. Is there any factual basis for this?

1137 upvotes • jupalipa

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What did the foreigners think of Cromwell's commonwealth?	1139	StannisLivesOn
There were more than a million people living in Rome in the year 210. How exactly could such a huge city function in a time before cars or subways? How did transportation work? Did Rome have horse-traffic jams?	1138	Double-decker_trams
Is it a coincidence that the two most important former Axis countries, Germany and Japan, now have one of the strongest economies in the world? If not, what is the reason that despite their losses in WWII, they managed to create a robust economy?	1138	[deleted]
Indigenous Australian communities currently have significant problems with alcohol. What is the history behind this? Was alcohol ever used as a ‘weapon’ by the settlers/invaders to deliberately subdue Indigenous groups?	1138	mrwhappy
During the time of slavery in the United States, why did the slaves opted to flee to the North instead of going more South to Mexico where slavery is already abolished?	1138	black9099
Did the CIA spark the inner cities crack epidemic ?	1138	xlhat
Why are so many countries called 'Guinea'?	1137	Johnny_Yukon
After Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, was Thomas Jefferson still friends with or correspond with him afterwards?	1137	PrescribesKush
I'm languishing in an East German prison. It's 1989, the Wall just came down and Germany's about to be reunified. What's going to happen to me?	1137	jorcoga
In Steven Spielberg's movie "Munich" (2005), the CIA is portrayed as financing and protecting the terrorist leader Ali Hassan Salameh. Is there any factual basis for this?	1137	jupalipa