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Why do ancient Greeks always wear summer clothes?

605 upvotes • Necessary_Worker_736

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How did Ptolemaic Egypt and the Carthaginian Empire secure the wood needed for their formidable navies?

605 upvotes • Khwarezm

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What did the German survivors of Stalingrad go through while in Russian captivity and why did it take over 10 years before they were allowed to return back to Germany?

604 upvotes • Kinbareid

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What happened to the KGB during the events of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

604 upvotes • sonorousAssailant

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How did the crossword become a newspaper fixture?

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Why didn't France devolve into a bunch of small states during the medieval ages like Germany did?

604 upvotes • Asuros

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What's so bad about working in the salt mines? How did that become such a dire punishment?

604 upvotes • envatted_love

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The 17th century was a period of extraordinarily cold weather, often dubbed the "Little Ice Age". We have plenty of records of cold temperatures themselves, but do we have any of people noticing the average temperature going down year by year?

604 upvotes • ghost_of_the_ages

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Given how alcohol was historically universally consumed by all members of a society, how did licensing laws to prevent children purchasing alcohol arise?

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Did prophet Mohammed really rape his first wife Khadija when she was 9 years old? NSFW

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do ancient Greeks always wear summer clothes?	605	Necessary_Worker_736
How did Ptolemaic Egypt and the Carthaginian Empire secure the wood needed for their formidable navies?	605	Khwarezm
What did the German survivors of Stalingrad go through while in Russian captivity and why did it take over 10 years before they were allowed to return back to Germany?	604	Kinbareid
What happened to the KGB during the events of the collapse of the Soviet Union?	604	sonorousAssailant
How did the crossword become a newspaper fixture?	604	NeoDiamond
Why didn't France devolve into a bunch of small states during the medieval ages like Germany did?	604	Asuros
What's so bad about working in the salt mines? How did that become such a dire punishment?	604	envatted_love
The 17th century was a period of extraordinarily cold weather, often dubbed the "Little Ice Age". We have plenty of records of cold temperatures themselves, but do we have any of people noticing the average temperature going down year by year?	604	ghost_of_the_ages
Given how alcohol was historically universally consumed by all members of a society, how did licensing laws to prevent children purchasing alcohol arise?	604	bzdu
Did prophet Mohammed really rape his first wife Khadija when she was 9 years old? NSFW	604	squirrelfilmfestival