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Did WaPo's investigation of Watergate actually contribute to Nixon's downfall? Or merely shed light on a legal process already in action?

593 upvotes • trampabroad

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How many women died for the female vote?

593 upvotes • SilverHoard

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Why did it take so long for the modern backpack to be invented?

593 upvotes • twinshk2

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Greece had Olympic Games, Rome had Gladiators, Byzantium had chariot racing, Middle Ages had jousting tournaments, Edo Japan had Sumo. What spectator games or sports were popular in Imperial China?

593 upvotes • Beaglers

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Why wasn't the Praetorian Guard disbanded early on in the Imperial period after it was clearly guilty of conspiring and killing several Emperors? Was there no mechanisms that could have reformed this unit?

593 upvotes • KevTravels

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Sometimes when I read about aztec people they have names like Netzahualcoyotl or Cuautemoc, but other times they have names with numbers in it like 2 Rabbit or 15 Water, why?

593 upvotes • Frigorifico

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How did New York City, thought to be in irreversible decline in the 1970s (captured by films like Taxi Driver), by 9/11 once again become one of the most vibrant and livable cities in the world? What motivated this immense turnaround?

593 upvotes • Notthedarkweb_MNZP

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How much Chinese history was actually lost during the Cultural Revolution?

593 upvotes • Aktikus

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Where did the common images on the face cards of a deck cards come from? Do they refer to any real historical figures?

593 upvotes • Phonecallfromacorpse

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What was the Arab world like before Islam?

592 upvotes • hall_easy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did WaPo's investigation of Watergate actually contribute to Nixon's downfall? Or merely shed light on a legal process already in action?	593	trampabroad
How many women died for the female vote?	593	SilverHoard
Why did it take so long for the modern backpack to be invented?	593	twinshk2
Greece had Olympic Games, Rome had Gladiators, Byzantium had chariot racing, Middle Ages had jousting tournaments, Edo Japan had Sumo. What spectator games or sports were popular in Imperial China?	593	Beaglers
Why wasn't the Praetorian Guard disbanded early on in the Imperial period after it was clearly guilty of conspiring and killing several Emperors? Was there no mechanisms that could have reformed this unit?	593	KevTravels
Sometimes when I read about aztec people they have names like Netzahualcoyotl or Cuautemoc, but other times they have names with numbers in it like 2 Rabbit or 15 Water, why?	593	Frigorifico
How did New York City, thought to be in irreversible decline in the 1970s (captured by films like Taxi Driver), by 9/11 once again become one of the most vibrant and livable cities in the world? What motivated this immense turnaround?	593	Notthedarkweb_MNZP
How much Chinese history was actually lost during the Cultural Revolution?	593	Aktikus
Where did the common images on the face cards of a deck cards come from? Do they refer to any real historical figures?	593	Phonecallfromacorpse
What was the Arab world like before Islam?	592	hall_easy