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I'm a student at Oxford University in the 15th Century. What does my course syllabus look like? What would I do for kicks on my days off?

998 upvotes • robotjezus

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Why does America write the date as Month/Day/Year when most of the world writes Day/Month/Year?

998 upvotes • WhatsUpDucky

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Why did Britain divide India into only two countries (India and Pakistan) when the subcontinent has such a multitude of languages and cultures?

998 upvotes • LibraryLass

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Since the Lord of the Rings was released in several installments, was it subject to plot speculation from fans, like Game of Thrones or the Harry Potter books? Do we have any records of how early Tolkien fans thought the story would end?

998 upvotes • ZnSaucier

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[Examples in Text Body] What are some interesting examples of early records describing/depicting something seemingly so fantastical that reviewers viewed these depictions as myth, only for more recent review to suggest that these records may hold some credibility?

998 upvotes • GrilledCheeseRant

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How did 'waving the white flag' become the universal sign of surrender? Did it originate with a single culture and spread from there, or was it spontaneously adopted by multiple societies around the world?

997 upvotes • EternalNewGuy

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How did the U.S. film industry come to be centered in Los Angeles?

997 upvotes • OldHob

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After both World War One and Two, high-ranking German officers wrote memoirs and analyses of the Werchmant's war effort. Were their any prominent Japanese leaders who did the same?

997 upvotes • Clausewitz1996

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Did adolescent indoctrination in youth fascist organisations (such as Hitlerjugend or Italian GIL) made a lasting impact post-war?

997 upvotes • Benzino_Napaloni

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One of the largest mass killing of humans in history was the famines of British India. Why aren't the British held to the same level of accountability as Stalin or Mao?

996 upvotes • MY_PENIS_IS_EXPOSED

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I'm a student at Oxford University in the 15th Century. What does my course syllabus look like? What would I do for kicks on my days off?	998	robotjezus
Why does America write the date as Month/Day/Year when most of the world writes Day/Month/Year?	998	WhatsUpDucky
Why did Britain divide India into only two countries (India and Pakistan) when the subcontinent has such a multitude of languages and cultures?	998	LibraryLass
Since the Lord of the Rings was released in several installments, was it subject to plot speculation from fans, like Game of Thrones or the Harry Potter books? Do we have any records of how early Tolkien fans thought the story would end?	998	ZnSaucier
[Examples in Text Body] What are some interesting examples of early records describing/depicting something seemingly so fantastical that reviewers viewed these depictions as myth, only for more recent review to suggest that these records may hold some credibility?	998	GrilledCheeseRant
How did 'waving the white flag' become the universal sign of surrender? Did it originate with a single culture and spread from there, or was it spontaneously adopted by multiple societies around the world?	997	EternalNewGuy
How did the U.S. film industry come to be centered in Los Angeles?	997	OldHob
After both World War One and Two, high-ranking German officers wrote memoirs and analyses of the Werchmant's war effort. Were their any prominent Japanese leaders who did the same?	997	Clausewitz1996
Did adolescent indoctrination in youth fascist organisations (such as Hitlerjugend or Italian GIL) made a lasting impact post-war?	997	Benzino_Napaloni
One of the largest mass killing of humans in history was the famines of British India. Why aren't the British held to the same level of accountability as Stalin or Mao?	996	MY_PENIS_IS_EXPOSED