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When and how did the standard "park grill" become so ubiquitous in American parks?

521 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why is Catholicism virtually nonexistent in Kentucky and Tennessee, despite being mostly settled by Irish immigrants in the 18th century?

521 upvotes • thezenunderground

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Angkor Wat wasn't an isolated jungle temple, but part of a vast metropolis. But what did the Angkor urban area look like? Was it Rome-like but made from Bamboo instead of bricks and marble? What did the buildings look like, and what was the population density?

521 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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The Caliphate of Cordoba collapsed in 1031, but there presumably many Umayyad princes still about. So, where did all the Umayyads go? Do we have any record of them post-1031, or did they totally vanish from history's eyes?

521 upvotes • Cybron

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My grandfather died last week. He was in the 101st Airborne as a paraglider in WWII. What was life like for him during that time? Please take into account his being a Choctaw native american if posible. Thank you.

520 upvotes • TheKoi

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How far into North America did the diplomatic/economic sphere of the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican empires extend? For instance, would a Native American living on the Chesapeake have heard of massive, city-building empires to the south?

520 upvotes • Lynx_Rufus

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Why do we call the leaders of African Tribes "Kings" but the leaders of Native American and other indigenous Tribes "Chiefs"

520 upvotes • FriedOctopusBacon

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Why did people in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries seem much more eloquent in their written correspondence than now?

520 upvotes • ArthurCyning

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How was it that the Soviet bureaucracy repeatedly failed to generate an agricultural surplus, despite having access to some of the most fertile land in the world, and after massive agricultural investments during the Khrushchev era?

520 upvotes • Crowshooter

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Zeus is, in modern times, well known as a god who, despite his marriage to Hera, sleeps with lots of different women. How was this seen in antiquity and what was the general opinion of these actions?

520 upvotes • TheMarcoW

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When and how did the standard "park grill" become so ubiquitous in American parks?	521	[deleted]
Why is Catholicism virtually nonexistent in Kentucky and Tennessee, despite being mostly settled by Irish immigrants in the 18th century?	521	thezenunderground
Angkor Wat wasn't an isolated jungle temple, but part of a vast metropolis. But what did the Angkor urban area look like? Was it Rome-like but made from Bamboo instead of bricks and marble? What did the buildings look like, and what was the population density?	521	RusticBohemian
The Caliphate of Cordoba collapsed in 1031, but there presumably many Umayyad princes still about. So, where did all the Umayyads go? Do we have any record of them post-1031, or did they totally vanish from history's eyes?	521	Cybron
My grandfather died last week. He was in the 101st Airborne as a paraglider in WWII. What was life like for him during that time? Please take into account his being a Choctaw native american if posible. Thank you.	520	TheKoi
How far into North America did the diplomatic/economic sphere of the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican empires extend? For instance, would a Native American living on the Chesapeake have heard of massive, city-building empires to the south?	520	Lynx_Rufus
Why do we call the leaders of African Tribes "Kings" but the leaders of Native American and other indigenous Tribes "Chiefs"	520	FriedOctopusBacon
Why did people in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries seem much more eloquent in their written correspondence than now?	520	ArthurCyning
How was it that the Soviet bureaucracy repeatedly failed to generate an agricultural surplus, despite having access to some of the most fertile land in the world, and after massive agricultural investments during the Khrushchev era?	520	Crowshooter
Zeus is, in modern times, well known as a god who, despite his marriage to Hera, sleeps with lots of different women. How was this seen in antiquity and what was the general opinion of these actions?	520	TheMarcoW