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I know Django Unchained is a typical Tarantino movie but were there really female slaves regarded as 'high class hookers', such as Sheba who appeared to even dine with her owners? Were there any 'slaves' who seemed to live a relatively good life? Thanks for your response.

920 upvotes • rajjiv

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What did the Romans do to celebrate 1000 years (a millennium) of Rome?

920 upvotes • webtwopointno

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Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. Why do the Egyptian pyramids get more attention? and What has happened to the contents in the Sudanese ones?

920 upvotes • SoulofThesteppe

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Slovakia was under Hungarian rule for almost one thousand years. How could they maintain their culture, language and nationality?

920 upvotes • Anarchist_Monarch

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How was the relationship of the original hippies with television? Were they interested in it? Was television interested in them? Did the hippies care how television might or might not represent them and their movement? How important was television in their lives?

920 upvotes • katzenpflanzen

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When did Jews migrate to Eastern and Western Europe, and why?

919 upvotes • Zenn_diagram

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Before Christianity what was the context of the western world getting married? Why did they?

919 upvotes • qwertyldn

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In mafia films such as Casino and The Godfather, Part II, Jewish characters mix with Italian mafiosi in a variety of ways. What was the relationship between the Italian-American and Jewish-American communities in the early-mid 20th century, especially with respect to organized crime?

919 upvotes • MoreCheezThanDoritos

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Did Hitler have any idea how vilified in history he was going to become before he died?

918 upvotes • Spam4119

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Is the image of people with Pitchforks and Torches based in any sort of historic fact?

918 upvotes • BygmesterFinnegan

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I know Django Unchained is a typical Tarantino movie but were there really female slaves regarded as 'high class hookers', such as Sheba who appeared to even dine with her owners? Were there any 'slaves' who seemed to live a relatively good life? Thanks for your response.	920	rajjiv
What did the Romans do to celebrate 1000 years (a millennium) of Rome?	920	webtwopointno
Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. Why do the Egyptian pyramids get more attention? and What has happened to the contents in the Sudanese ones?	920	SoulofThesteppe
Slovakia was under Hungarian rule for almost one thousand years. How could they maintain their culture, language and nationality?	920	Anarchist_Monarch
How was the relationship of the original hippies with television? Were they interested in it? Was television interested in them? Did the hippies care how television might or might not represent them and their movement? How important was television in their lives?	920	katzenpflanzen
When did Jews migrate to Eastern and Western Europe, and why?	919	Zenn_diagram
Before Christianity what was the context of the western world getting married? Why did they?	919	qwertyldn
In mafia films such as Casino and The Godfather, Part II, Jewish characters mix with Italian mafiosi in a variety of ways. What was the relationship between the Italian-American and Jewish-American communities in the early-mid 20th century, especially with respect to organized crime?	919	MoreCheezThanDoritos
Did Hitler have any idea how vilified in history he was going to become before he died?	918	Spam4119
Is the image of people with Pitchforks and Torches based in any sort of historic fact?	918	BygmesterFinnegan