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Why were musical covers of recent, popular song so common in the US music industry of the 60's-70's, and why did it fall out of practice?

629 upvotes • scrndude

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Regarding the Picasso "Young Girl With a Flower Basket," were there really naked people selling flowers on the streets of Paris around the turn of the 20th century?

629 upvotes • networkedquokka

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Did the US and USSR have any protocols for each other's astronauts landing in their territory by accident?

629 upvotes • Brickie78

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In the video game Deus Ex there is a quote by Leo Gold "...In 1900, 90% of Americans were self employed..." is it true?

629 upvotes • Esery8

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Why was Communism such a big deal that wars and proxy wars (among other things) were fought to keep it from spreading/to spread it?

628 upvotes • efischerSC2

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What happened to the medals thrown onto the Capitol Building Steps by Vietnam Veterans?

628 upvotes • cadian16th

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At what point in history did the Italian cultural identity develop, and how did it happen? (I.E; at what point did Romans and other peoples of the Italian peninsula stop seeing themselves as Roman, and as Italian?)

628 upvotes • Laika_Come_Home

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Is it true, as this article states, that Patton held anti-Semitic views and while running the Displaced Persons camps in southern Germany, treated Holocaust survivors "little better than the Nazis did," leading to a strong rebuke from Truman?

628 upvotes • Gnagus

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How and when did "Boo'ing" become a form of a crowd showing displeasure? Do we have an earliest known record of the first "Boo'd" speech?

628 upvotes • Twopairjacksnines

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There's a lot of (or there used to be) older British people who regret the loss of the our empire, as if we've fallen from greatness. Would a Byzantine Citizen, circa 1395, feel similarly about how much their empire shrank over the previous two centuries?

628 upvotes • grapp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why were musical covers of recent, popular song so common in the US music industry of the 60's-70's, and why did it fall out of practice?	629	scrndude
Regarding the Picasso "Young Girl With a Flower Basket," were there really naked people selling flowers on the streets of Paris around the turn of the 20th century?	629	networkedquokka
Did the US and USSR have any protocols for each other's astronauts landing in their territory by accident?	629	Brickie78
In the video game Deus Ex there is a quote by Leo Gold "...In 1900, 90% of Americans were self employed..." is it true?	629	Esery8
Why was Communism such a big deal that wars and proxy wars (among other things) were fought to keep it from spreading/to spread it?	628	efischerSC2
What happened to the medals thrown onto the Capitol Building Steps by Vietnam Veterans?	628	cadian16th
At what point in history did the Italian cultural identity develop, and how did it happen? (I.E; at what point did Romans and other peoples of the Italian peninsula stop seeing themselves as Roman, and as Italian?)	628	Laika_Come_Home
Is it true, as this article states, that Patton held anti-Semitic views and while running the Displaced Persons camps in southern Germany, treated Holocaust survivors "little better than the Nazis did," leading to a strong rebuke from Truman?	628	Gnagus
How and when did "Boo'ing" become a form of a crowd showing displeasure? Do we have an earliest known record of the first "Boo'd" speech?	628	Twopairjacksnines
There's a lot of (or there used to be) older British people who regret the loss of the our empire, as if we've fallen from greatness. Would a Byzantine Citizen, circa 1395, feel similarly about how much their empire shrank over the previous two centuries?	628	grapp