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Why did A, B, C, D, F become the standard grading system in the U.S.?

866 upvotes • Raistlin719

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Does the Egyptian history record the ten plagues mentioned in the Bible?

866 upvotes • Warsfear

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Why was Bohemia not Germanised over the course of many centuries inside the majority German Holy Roman Empire?

866 upvotes • greenshields

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Would Romans identify at all with Italian culture?

866 upvotes • Fim0458

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Why did the 1991 Soviet coup attempt fail?

866 upvotes • everyoneoutofthepool

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Was Victorian flower language really a thing? If you gave someone a moss rose, would they know you meant "a confession of love"?

866 upvotes • fashionmagnolia

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Why do we recognize 99% of world leaders, such as Gandhi and Hitler, by their last name, but Napoleon by his first?

865 upvotes • Insanitybeat

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For how long did Nazi ideals last in Germany after the end of World War 2?

865 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why were the inventions of the printing Press, gunpowder, and the compass so revolutionary to Western Europe and so unrevolutionary to China?

865 upvotes • marianrubin

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Was there any debate when Washington state was named, about it being confused with Washington, DC?

865 upvotes • Kiwispam84

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did A, B, C, D, F become the standard grading system in the U.S.?	866	Raistlin719
Does the Egyptian history record the ten plagues mentioned in the Bible?	866	Warsfear
Why was Bohemia not Germanised over the course of many centuries inside the majority German Holy Roman Empire?	866	greenshields
Would Romans identify at all with Italian culture?	866	Fim0458
Why did the 1991 Soviet coup attempt fail?	866	everyoneoutofthepool
Was Victorian flower language really a thing? If you gave someone a moss rose, would they know you meant "a confession of love"?	866	fashionmagnolia
Why do we recognize 99% of world leaders, such as Gandhi and Hitler, by their last name, but Napoleon by his first?	865	Insanitybeat
For how long did Nazi ideals last in Germany after the end of World War 2?	865	[deleted]
Why were the inventions of the printing Press, gunpowder, and the compass so revolutionary to Western Europe and so unrevolutionary to China?	865	marianrubin
Was there any debate when Washington state was named, about it being confused with Washington, DC?	865	Kiwispam84