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What happened to the preexisting Anglo-Saxon nobility after William the Conqueror became King of England?

856 upvotes • sailorwave

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How is it that Orange, a town in Southern France, is so fundamental to the Dutch (through their Monarchy, and through Orange as the national color) -- when it so very distant from the Netherlands?

856 upvotes • manfrin

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What kind of opposition did the United States Highway Act of 1956 see, either politically or socially?

856 upvotes • anotherquery

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The Roman poet Ovid hated being exiled to the town of Tomis on the Black Sea. How bad would it have been out there for a cosmopolitan, educated Roman? Was it really a backwater, or was he just being snobbish about the locals speaking Greek instead of Latin?

856 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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When the US Constitution was drafted, was the idea of having two presidents equal in power like Roman consuls ever considered or discussed?

856 upvotes • Arthaxhsatra

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How did people deal with allergic reactions before epi pens? Did they just die? And how common was it?

855 upvotes • TheRummy

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How were the Ottomans able to muster such a larger army that Christian Europe could not retake Constantinople?

855 upvotes • rsashe1980

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A friend told me today that when people used to say "virgin blood" as a ritualistic ingredient, they actually meant blood that hadn't been used for a ritual before, rather than someone who hadn't had sex before. Is this true?

855 upvotes • Question_Asking_Alt

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"Byzantine" is often used as an adjective to describe something that's complex and intricate. Were Byzantine laws really complex compared to those of contemporary states?

855 upvotes • derstherower

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How were members of the Sicilian Mafia, which was almost entirely Catholic, okay with murdering, stealing, and everything else that comes with organized crime?

854 upvotes • chowder138

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to the preexisting Anglo-Saxon nobility after William the Conqueror became King of England?	856	sailorwave
How is it that Orange, a town in Southern France, is so fundamental to the Dutch (through their Monarchy, and through Orange as the national color) -- when it so very distant from the Netherlands?	856	manfrin
What kind of opposition did the United States Highway Act of 1956 see, either politically or socially?	856	anotherquery
The Roman poet Ovid hated being exiled to the town of Tomis on the Black Sea. How bad would it have been out there for a cosmopolitan, educated Roman? Was it really a backwater, or was he just being snobbish about the locals speaking Greek instead of Latin?	856	RusticBohemian
When the US Constitution was drafted, was the idea of having two presidents equal in power like Roman consuls ever considered or discussed?	856	Arthaxhsatra
How did people deal with allergic reactions before epi pens? Did they just die? And how common was it?	855	TheRummy
How were the Ottomans able to muster such a larger army that Christian Europe could not retake Constantinople?	855	rsashe1980
A friend told me today that when people used to say "virgin blood" as a ritualistic ingredient, they actually meant blood that hadn't been used for a ritual before, rather than someone who hadn't had sex before. Is this true?	855	Question_Asking_Alt
"Byzantine" is often used as an adjective to describe something that's complex and intricate. Were Byzantine laws really complex compared to those of contemporary states?	855	derstherower
How were members of the Sicilian Mafia, which was almost entirely Catholic, okay with murdering, stealing, and everything else that comes with organized crime?	854	chowder138