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How was the French Empire able to stand its ground for almost 28 years against the rest of Europe?

883 upvotes • shylow97

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How did the Islamic world react to Galileo and Copernicus?

882 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did sailors back in the day (say mid-1700's) have issues with things like skin cancer from excessive sun exposure?

882 upvotes • exceptionthrown

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What did the Romans ever do for the Ancient Israelis?

882 upvotes • DiseasedEpistemology

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With the anatomical makeup of men and women, how did men end up wearing pants, while women wear skirts?

882 upvotes • thepaintsaint

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Was The Netherlands considering becoming a part of the German Empire in 1899? Please help illuminate this NYT article!

882 upvotes • ManWithAMasterplan

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Did American settlers know about tornados before moving west? Do we know what their first reactions were to seeing them?

882 upvotes • PenultimateAirbend3r

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The Wikipedia page for António Salazar, the authoritarian dictator of Estado Novo Portugal, is a dangerously enthusiastic and uncritical puff piece. Where can I find a more rigorous and critical biography of Salazar, and how can the article be improved?

882 upvotes • vinny_twoshoes

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Suppose you were sent back in time to New Jersey (or where New Jersey is now) in AD50 and then AD1050. Could you easily tell which was which by observing the native Americans?

881 upvotes • grapp

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How much is known about the Punic language? Specifically, do we know how Hannibal's famous 'we will find a way or make one' would have looked on paper or sounded in his contemporary tongue?

881 upvotes • commiepanko11

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How was the French Empire able to stand its ground for almost 28 years against the rest of Europe?	883	shylow97
How did the Islamic world react to Galileo and Copernicus?	882	[deleted]
Did sailors back in the day (say mid-1700's) have issues with things like skin cancer from excessive sun exposure?	882	exceptionthrown
What did the Romans ever do for the Ancient Israelis?	882	DiseasedEpistemology
With the anatomical makeup of men and women, how did men end up wearing pants, while women wear skirts?	882	thepaintsaint
Was The Netherlands considering becoming a part of the German Empire in 1899? Please help illuminate this NYT article!	882	ManWithAMasterplan
Did American settlers know about tornados before moving west? Do we know what their first reactions were to seeing them?	882	PenultimateAirbend3r
The Wikipedia page for António Salazar, the authoritarian dictator of Estado Novo Portugal, is a dangerously enthusiastic and uncritical puff piece. Where can I find a more rigorous and critical biography of Salazar, and how can the article be improved?	882	vinny_twoshoes
Suppose you were sent back in time to New Jersey (or where New Jersey is now) in AD50 and then AD1050. Could you easily tell which was which by observing the native Americans?	881	grapp
How much is known about the Punic language? Specifically, do we know how Hannibal's famous 'we will find a way or make one' would have looked on paper or sounded in his contemporary tongue?	881	commiepanko11