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What kinds of jokes were once as popular in America as "Your Mom" jokes are today, but no longer make sense?

835 upvotes • Banko

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It seems like a fair amount of sieges ended when the attackers scaled the walls and opened the main gate from the inside, or through treachery that achieves the same. Did defenders ever take measures to prevent gates from being opened from the inside during sieges?

835 upvotes • 080087

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Modern programming languages are nearly all English based, but were there eg Russian, Japanese, Arabic equivalents to fortran, cobol, c, or did they all use these (English-based) languages?

835 upvotes • Ragnrk

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From "Caribbean Queen" to "Careless Whisper", the saxophone solo was a big part of many 80's pop hits. What led to this particular piece of brass becoming so ubiquitous to the music of this era?

835 upvotes • ThomasRaith

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Did people actually wear those pointy hats to bed/sleep?

835 upvotes • thematicwater

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TOPGUN resulted in the US Navy kill:death ratio in Vietnam increasing from 3.7:1 (1965-1967) to 13:1 (after 1970). To what did the Soviet and North Vietnamese airforces attribute this marked increase? Were they aware of the program?

834 upvotes • IAMARobotBeepBoop

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So, What was the difference between USA and Russia nuclear weapons back in the 1950s?

834 upvotes • donazal16

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How did the Nazis plan to end the war, by that I mean, was there an endgame of when to stop, or did they just plan to take over the world, if so, what were their plans to do so?

834 upvotes • jacob8015

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Did communism provide a better safety net than capitalism for 'homeless' people during the Cold War era? (Soviet Union vis-à-vis USA)

834 upvotes • StinksofMediocrity

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Was the Free Welsh Army ever a real force or just a weak IRA equivalent in Wales?

834 upvotes • kulturpolitik

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What kinds of jokes were once as popular in America as "Your Mom" jokes are today, but no longer make sense?	835	Banko
It seems like a fair amount of sieges ended when the attackers scaled the walls and opened the main gate from the inside, or through treachery that achieves the same. Did defenders ever take measures to prevent gates from being opened from the inside during sieges?	835	080087
Modern programming languages are nearly all English based, but were there eg Russian, Japanese, Arabic equivalents to fortran, cobol, c, or did they all use these (English-based) languages?	835	Ragnrk
From "Caribbean Queen" to "Careless Whisper", the saxophone solo was a big part of many 80's pop hits. What led to this particular piece of brass becoming so ubiquitous to the music of this era?	835	ThomasRaith
Did people actually wear those pointy hats to bed/sleep?	835	thematicwater
TOPGUN resulted in the US Navy kill:death ratio in Vietnam increasing from 3.7:1 (1965-1967) to 13:1 (after 1970). To what did the Soviet and North Vietnamese airforces attribute this marked increase? Were they aware of the program?	834	IAMARobotBeepBoop
So, What was the difference between USA and Russia nuclear weapons back in the 1950s?	834	donazal16
How did the Nazis plan to end the war, by that I mean, was there an endgame of when to stop, or did they just plan to take over the world, if so, what were their plans to do so?	834	jacob8015
Did communism provide a better safety net than capitalism for 'homeless' people during the Cold War era? (Soviet Union vis-à-vis USA)	834	StinksofMediocrity
Was the Free Welsh Army ever a real force or just a weak IRA equivalent in Wales?	834	kulturpolitik