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In 1829 the president of Mexico was a black man, Vicente Guerrero. Did he ever visit the United States and have issues due to his race?

3981 upvotes • gameguy56

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I just realized that the Chinese Tiananmen Square protests happened in 1989, which is in the middle of the Soviet Union's perestroika and just before its collapse. Were the Chinese student protestors influenced by the opening of Soviet society?

3980 upvotes • PokerPirate

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Unions in the United States seem much weaker and more conciliatory now than 100 years ago. How has their relationship to capital changed? Why do their goals and tactics seem so much less grand now?

3978 upvotes • mikitacurve

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Was Paris cheap in the 1920s or artists well off?

3975 upvotes • LaVieDeRebelle

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How did the polynesians survive out on the open ocean while discovering new lands? Did they have to bring a lot of water?

3964 upvotes • funkdified

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Did the television show Frasier influence the growth of Starbucks?

3964 upvotes • SaintShrink

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The Supreme Court ruled that Native American tribes were sovereign nations that couldn't be forced from their land. Andrew Jackson saw the federal ruling and decided to remove them anyway. Was the problem that the supreme court couldn't enforce their ruling? Did everyone just look the other way?

3964 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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When and why were titles given to famous and important people in the past, such as Ivan the Terrible or Vlad the Impaler? Were they retroactively attributed by historians? And when and why has this fallen out of style?

3961 upvotes • illVent

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Why did Albania become so "different" from the rest of Europe?

3959 upvotes • SoybeanCola1933

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Why did people write much more eloquently 150 years ago?

3959 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In 1829 the president of Mexico was a black man, Vicente Guerrero. Did he ever visit the United States and have issues due to his race?	3981	gameguy56
I just realized that the Chinese Tiananmen Square protests happened in 1989, which is in the middle of the Soviet Union's perestroika and just before its collapse. Were the Chinese student protestors influenced by the opening of Soviet society?	3980	PokerPirate
Unions in the United States seem much weaker and more conciliatory now than 100 years ago. How has their relationship to capital changed? Why do their goals and tactics seem so much less grand now?	3978	mikitacurve
Was Paris cheap in the 1920s or artists well off?	3975	LaVieDeRebelle
How did the polynesians survive out on the open ocean while discovering new lands? Did they have to bring a lot of water?	3964	funkdified
Did the television show Frasier influence the growth of Starbucks?	3964	SaintShrink
The Supreme Court ruled that Native American tribes were sovereign nations that couldn't be forced from their land. Andrew Jackson saw the federal ruling and decided to remove them anyway. Was the problem that the supreme court couldn't enforce their ruling? Did everyone just look the other way?	3964	RusticBohemian
When and why were titles given to famous and important people in the past, such as Ivan the Terrible or Vlad the Impaler? Were they retroactively attributed by historians? And when and why has this fallen out of style?	3961	illVent
Why did Albania become so "different" from the rest of Europe?	3959	SoybeanCola1933
Why did people write much more eloquently 150 years ago?	3959	[deleted]