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What is Fascism? What beliefs does it entail?

535 upvotes • a_can_of_tea

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The typical slave from the American South is usually imagined as working in a cotton field or as a house servant. Are there any other portions of the southern economy (mining, fishing, etc.) where slaves played a massive part?

535 upvotes • NakedJaked

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When Henry VIII was looking for his fourth wife he had already abandoned one, executed another and lost his third due to childbirth. Did his marital history hinder his search for his fourth wife? How would fathers (or brothers) feel about a suit from Henry VIII?

535 upvotes • Rec0nSl0th

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Why did no major trade city develop at the mouth of the Danube river?

535 upvotes • trajanaugustus

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Even thought both North Korea and South Korea claim each other’s territory, the UN and most countries recognized BOTH nations as independent. Why didn’t that happen with Taiwan and China?

535 upvotes • Chilaquil420

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When the Portuguese encountered the Chinese for the first time in Malacca, in 1509, they described them as using forks to eat. What's the history of the fork in the east?

534 upvotes • dezassete

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What is the origin of the "don't wear white after labor day" fashion 'rule'?

534 upvotes • trippysnail

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At what point did people start to realize that they weren’t speaking Latin anymore and they had transitioned to one of the proto-Romance languages?

534 upvotes • Natbuscus911

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Did Margaret Thatcher's administration funnel money to "illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland"?

534 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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I am an average worker living in the city of Ur during the third dynasty, and I'm hungry. In a world without coinage, how do I pay for a quick meal at a street food stall in the marketplace?

534 upvotes • sudawuda

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is Fascism? What beliefs does it entail?	535	a_can_of_tea
The typical slave from the American South is usually imagined as working in a cotton field or as a house servant. Are there any other portions of the southern economy (mining, fishing, etc.) where slaves played a massive part?	535	NakedJaked
When Henry VIII was looking for his fourth wife he had already abandoned one, executed another and lost his third due to childbirth. Did his marital history hinder his search for his fourth wife? How would fathers (or brothers) feel about a suit from Henry VIII?	535	Rec0nSl0th
Why did no major trade city develop at the mouth of the Danube river?	535	trajanaugustus
Even thought both North Korea and South Korea claim each other’s territory, the UN and most countries recognized BOTH nations as independent. Why didn’t that happen with Taiwan and China?	535	Chilaquil420
When the Portuguese encountered the Chinese for the first time in Malacca, in 1509, they described them as using forks to eat. What's the history of the fork in the east?	534	dezassete
What is the origin of the "don't wear white after labor day" fashion 'rule'?	534	trippysnail
At what point did people start to realize that they weren’t speaking Latin anymore and they had transitioned to one of the proto-Romance languages?	534	Natbuscus911
Did Margaret Thatcher's administration funnel money to "illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland"?	534	10z20Luka
I am an average worker living in the city of Ur during the third dynasty, and I'm hungry. In a world without coinage, how do I pay for a quick meal at a street food stall in the marketplace?	534	sudawuda