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Titanic is said to have had a gymnasium. What types of exercise equipment would have been onboard in 1912?

546 upvotes • PhotoCropDuster

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Did Stalin and Beria ever make reference to or joke about their shared Georgian heritage? Did they ever speak Georgian together?

545 upvotes • ghost_of_the_ages

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When Alexander the Great became king of Macedon, he abolished all taxes. How was he able to maintain a robust military and home front bureaucracy without compulsory funding from the people?

545 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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Was there widespread deafness amongst pirates who operated cannons? If not, how did they avoid major damage to their hearing?

545 upvotes • PM_ME_YOUR_TONGS

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[Medieval Sex] How did the idea originate in the Middle Ages that a female orgasm is required for procreation when society also believed in ONLY having vaginal sex? NSFW

545 upvotes • caroliner416

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Why are the Commonwealths in the United States called that?

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The 1987 Japanese game "1942", has the player pilot an American fighter shooting thousands of Japanese enemies. How did Japan view WWII at that time?

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Before the advent of eyeglasses, was it just accepted that more than a third of the population couldn't see clearly?

545 upvotes • WalterDelamere

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How long did it take for deported Brits to start calling themselves Australian? Or did they think of themselves as displaces Englishmen until their deaths and only their kids or grandkids thought of themselves as Australian?

545 upvotes • ReadWriteSign

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A professor of mine claimed that oil was the root cause of WWI due to the railroad between Baghdad and Berlin. Also they claimed that Franz Ferdinand was a pawn in that plan to get the railroad completed. Is there any truth to this claim?

545 upvotes • navi_911

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Titanic is said to have had a gymnasium. What types of exercise equipment would have been onboard in 1912?	546	PhotoCropDuster
Did Stalin and Beria ever make reference to or joke about their shared Georgian heritage? Did they ever speak Georgian together?	545	ghost_of_the_ages
When Alexander the Great became king of Macedon, he abolished all taxes. How was he able to maintain a robust military and home front bureaucracy without compulsory funding from the people?	545	TheJucheisLoose
Was there widespread deafness amongst pirates who operated cannons? If not, how did they avoid major damage to their hearing?	545	PM_ME_YOUR_TONGS
[Medieval Sex] How did the idea originate in the Middle Ages that a female orgasm is required for procreation when society also believed in ONLY having vaginal sex? NSFW	545	caroliner416
Why are the Commonwealths in the United States called that?	545	DuchessLizi
The 1987 Japanese game "1942", has the player pilot an American fighter shooting thousands of Japanese enemies. How did Japan view WWII at that time?	545	[deleted]
Before the advent of eyeglasses, was it just accepted that more than a third of the population couldn't see clearly?	545	WalterDelamere
How long did it take for deported Brits to start calling themselves Australian? Or did they think of themselves as displaces Englishmen until their deaths and only their kids or grandkids thought of themselves as Australian?	545	ReadWriteSign
A professor of mine claimed that oil was the root cause of WWI due to the railroad between Baghdad and Berlin. Also they claimed that Franz Ferdinand was a pawn in that plan to get the railroad completed. Is there any truth to this claim?	545	navi_911