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Most 50+ people I know in Europe describe the 1970s as the decade where "the last farmer", "the last fisherman" or the last craftsman of their village passed away. Is this a generality, or were the 70s a momentous generational change for European societies?

531 upvotes • Confucius3000

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Why did the Shia sect of Islam end up so dominant in Iran and Iraq while being suppressed everywhere else in the Islamic world?

531 upvotes • Hyo38

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Is there actually any evidence the civil war wasn’t fought over slavery?

531 upvotes • Username912773

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What would the average persons life be like living in Machu Picchu?

530 upvotes • lost118

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How different was Mao's communism from Marx's commuism? What about the Russian figureheads like Stalin, Trotsky, or Lenin?

530 upvotes • Khenghis_Ghan

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If being plump was a sign of your wealth is there any evidence of "reverse photoshopping", where nobility wanted to be painted to look bigger?

530 upvotes • Unsocialbtrfly

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I was just reading about Alexander Selkirk (the guy Robineon Crusoe is based on) Was he just uncommonly skilled and resourceful, or was it just normal for 17/18th century British working men to some basic knowledge of animal husbandry, hunting, foraging, metal working, tanning and carpentry?

530 upvotes • grapp

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Has the white house ever blocked major news organizations from attending a press conference before?

530 upvotes • Kevinatorikablah

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Shirtless, disheveled Barbarians: Romans are often painted as disciplined, ingenious, structured. Were Gauls just chaotic skirmishers all their history or did they sometimes surpass the Romans in terms of discipline and combat rigor? Were they sometimes more ingenious than the Romans?

530 upvotes • RikikiBousquet

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Were any high-ranking Confederate officers allowed to re-join the United States military following the Civil War? If so, did this cause any controversy within the corps involved?

530 upvotes • ExiledToTerminus

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Most 50+ people I know in Europe describe the 1970s as the decade where "the last farmer", "the last fisherman" or the last craftsman of their village passed away. Is this a generality, or were the 70s a momentous generational change for European societies?	531	Confucius3000
Why did the Shia sect of Islam end up so dominant in Iran and Iraq while being suppressed everywhere else in the Islamic world?	531	Hyo38
Is there actually any evidence the civil war wasn’t fought over slavery?	531	Username912773
What would the average persons life be like living in Machu Picchu?	530	lost118
How different was Mao's communism from Marx's commuism? What about the Russian figureheads like Stalin, Trotsky, or Lenin?	530	Khenghis_Ghan
If being plump was a sign of your wealth is there any evidence of "reverse photoshopping", where nobility wanted to be painted to look bigger?	530	Unsocialbtrfly
I was just reading about Alexander Selkirk (the guy Robineon Crusoe is based on) Was he just uncommonly skilled and resourceful, or was it just normal for 17/18th century British working men to some basic knowledge of animal husbandry, hunting, foraging, metal working, tanning and carpentry?	530	grapp
Has the white house ever blocked major news organizations from attending a press conference before?	530	Kevinatorikablah
Shirtless, disheveled Barbarians: Romans are often painted as disciplined, ingenious, structured. Were Gauls just chaotic skirmishers all their history or did they sometimes surpass the Romans in terms of discipline and combat rigor? Were they sometimes more ingenious than the Romans?	530	RikikiBousquet
Were any high-ranking Confederate officers allowed to re-join the United States military following the Civil War? If so, did this cause any controversy within the corps involved?	530	ExiledToTerminus