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How on Earth did Yazidism come about: It seems to be a mash-up of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. What is the story and timeline of the formation of this faith?

467 upvotes • eeeeeep

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Why did South American countries declare war against Germany in the closing months of the Second World War?

467 upvotes • SPYHAWX

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a number of things in common and have interacted with each other extensively. Has there ever been an effort to develop a "Pan-Abrahamism" to unite followers all three religions under some common cause?

467 upvotes • Somesortofthing

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As an English speaker, it is generally much easier to learn Indo-European North Indian languages like Hindi and Bengali than Dravidian South Indian languages like Tamil and Telugu. Did the British Raj notice or comment on this? How did it effect imperial language policy?

467 upvotes • George4Mayor86

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Is there any truth to the idea that in ancient China, a bride could be the wrong person because they weren't seen until after the marriage?

467 upvotes • wdtpw

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Monday Mysteries | [Verifiable] Historical Conspiracies

466 upvotes • NMW

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In the 1993 film "Gettysburg," a drunken confederate general is heard to say "we should have freed the slaves, then seceded." Was this a popular viewpoint?

466 upvotes • TheVegetaMonologues

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How has the opening of the Soviet bloc archives in 1992 impacted the historiography of the Cold War?

466 upvotes • newlyfast

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In The Man In The High Castle, an alternate history book and now web show, the Japanese occupied the west coast of the US after winning the war. In reality did the Japanese have any intention of doing that if they won?

466 upvotes • grapp

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Were the Nobel Prizes the first such awards of their kind, or did Alfred Nobel draw precedents from other awards and prizes?

466 upvotes • ahp327

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How on Earth did Yazidism come about: It seems to be a mash-up of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. What is the story and timeline of the formation of this faith?	467	eeeeeep
Why did South American countries declare war against Germany in the closing months of the Second World War?	467	SPYHAWX
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a number of things in common and have interacted with each other extensively. Has there ever been an effort to develop a "Pan-Abrahamism" to unite followers all three religions under some common cause?	467	Somesortofthing
As an English speaker, it is generally much easier to learn Indo-European North Indian languages like Hindi and Bengali than Dravidian South Indian languages like Tamil and Telugu. Did the British Raj notice or comment on this? How did it effect imperial language policy?	467	George4Mayor86
Is there any truth to the idea that in ancient China, a bride could be the wrong person because they weren't seen until after the marriage?	467	wdtpw
Monday Mysteries \| [Verifiable] Historical Conspiracies	466	NMW
In the 1993 film "Gettysburg," a drunken confederate general is heard to say "we should have freed the slaves, then seceded." Was this a popular viewpoint?	466	TheVegetaMonologues
How has the opening of the Soviet bloc archives in 1992 impacted the historiography of the Cold War?	466	newlyfast
In The Man In The High Castle, an alternate history book and now web show, the Japanese occupied the west coast of the US after winning the war. In reality did the Japanese have any intention of doing that if they won?	466	grapp
Were the Nobel Prizes the first such awards of their kind, or did Alfred Nobel draw precedents from other awards and prizes?	466	ahp327