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Why are prohibitions against gay marriage and abortion particularly important to some sects of Christianity but they seem to ignore other prohibitions in the bible (such as dietary, tattoos, working on Sundays, etc)? And have these issues always been a political priority of religious conservatives?

9500 upvotes • wizzo89

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How did the money transfer for the Louisiana Purchase happen in practice? Did Americans load a bunch of money in ships and send it to France?

9193 upvotes • TanktopSamurai

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Could people do backflips/front flips in ancient times?

9162 upvotes • mmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhh

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Did George W. Bush really steal an election in the 2000 USA election?

9150 upvotes • TheIenzo

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If a King fell in battle, was anyone 'allowed ' to kill him or did the common soldier avoid him for their higher ranks to kill him?

9078 upvotes • HiIsItMeYouRLooking4

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How did Germany de-radicalize its people after the fall of the Nazi party?

8982 upvotes • BridgetheDivide

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In 1822, Thomas Jefferson gave his enslaved daughter $50, put her on a stagecoach to the North, and from there she "disappeared from history." Is there any evidence of what happened to her after that?

8955 upvotes • KosherNazi

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Is this tweet correct? “The average 18 year old student in, say, York in AD 800 (the middle of the so-called "Dark Ages") had read more, knew more languages, was better trained in logic, could read more music, knew more mathematics and astronomy than the average student from a university today.”

8945 upvotes • [deleted]

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Some states have legalized marijuana and are now having to make decisions about how to handle people in jail for marijuana convictions. What happened to moonshiners, rum runners & other intemperate folks in jail when Prohibition ended in 1933?

8891 upvotes • chromebaloney

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Would it have been possible for a roman citizen around 1 A.D. to obtain everything needed to make a Cheeseburger, assuming they had the knowledge of how to make one?

8867 upvotes • Nowhere_Man_Forever

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are prohibitions against gay marriage and abortion particularly important to some sects of Christianity but they seem to ignore other prohibitions in the bible (such as dietary, tattoos, working on Sundays, etc)? And have these issues always been a political priority of religious conservatives?	9500	wizzo89
How did the money transfer for the Louisiana Purchase happen in practice? Did Americans load a bunch of money in ships and send it to France?	9193	TanktopSamurai
Could people do backflips/front flips in ancient times?	9162	mmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhh
Did George W. Bush really steal an election in the 2000 USA election?	9150	TheIenzo
If a King fell in battle, was anyone 'allowed ' to kill him or did the common soldier avoid him for their higher ranks to kill him?	9078	HiIsItMeYouRLooking4
How did Germany de-radicalize its people after the fall of the Nazi party?	8982	BridgetheDivide
In 1822, Thomas Jefferson gave his enslaved daughter $50, put her on a stagecoach to the North, and from there she "disappeared from history." Is there any evidence of what happened to her after that?	8955	KosherNazi
Is this tweet correct? “The average 18 year old student in, say, York in AD 800 (the middle of the so-called "Dark Ages") had read more, knew more languages, was better trained in logic, could read more music, knew more mathematics and astronomy than the average student from a university today.”	8945	[deleted]
Some states have legalized marijuana and are now having to make decisions about how to handle people in jail for marijuana convictions. What happened to moonshiners, rum runners & other intemperate folks in jail when Prohibition ended in 1933?	8891	chromebaloney
Would it have been possible for a roman citizen around 1 A.D. to obtain everything needed to make a Cheeseburger, assuming they had the knowledge of how to make one?	8867	Nowhere_Man_Forever