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If the Ancient Romans considered the Pyramids of Giza to be ancient, what did the people who build the Pyramids consider ancient?

458 upvotes • SonicSingularity

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Thomas Jefferson was rumored to enjoy macaroni and cheese. What were the main types of cheese available to colonists during the Revolutionary War period?

458 upvotes • ScientificSquirrel

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Why did Napoleon get into so many wars?

458 upvotes • off_thebeatenpath

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Floating Feature: So You Say You Want A Revolution

458 upvotes • jschooltiger

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Has any U.S. presidential election popularly been claimed to have been “rigged” (such as and excluding the 2020 u.S. presidential election)? Has any U.S. presidential election been “rigged”?

458 upvotes • officedmoffice

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What was the immediate public reaction to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

457 upvotes • prometheus08

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250,000 subscribers! Welcome and congratulations!

457 upvotes • Algernon_Asimov

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Why did Eastern Orthodoxy develop an emphasis on Christian mysticism while Roman Catholcism developed an emphasis on scholasticism? Did this predate the great schism?

457 upvotes • Oedium

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Why has becoming an officer in the British or Canadian military lost its prestige? Why do people from the upper class no longer serve and when did this change occur?

457 upvotes • mziggyb

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In HBO Rome Posca often verbally jabs at Caesar and comments on his strategy. Is it realistic that a Roman general would let a slave, even an extremely trusted one, talk to them like that?

457 upvotes • grapp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If the Ancient Romans considered the Pyramids of Giza to be ancient, what did the people who build the Pyramids consider ancient?	458	SonicSingularity
Thomas Jefferson was rumored to enjoy macaroni and cheese. What were the main types of cheese available to colonists during the Revolutionary War period?	458	ScientificSquirrel
Why did Napoleon get into so many wars?	458	off_thebeatenpath
Floating Feature: So You Say You Want A Revolution	458	jschooltiger
Has any U.S. presidential election popularly been claimed to have been “rigged” (such as and excluding the 2020 u.S. presidential election)? Has any U.S. presidential election been “rigged”?	458	officedmoffice
What was the immediate public reaction to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?	457	prometheus08
250,000 subscribers! Welcome and congratulations!	457	Algernon_Asimov
Why did Eastern Orthodoxy develop an emphasis on Christian mysticism while Roman Catholcism developed an emphasis on scholasticism? Did this predate the great schism?	457	Oedium
Why has becoming an officer in the British or Canadian military lost its prestige? Why do people from the upper class no longer serve and when did this change occur?	457	mziggyb
In HBO Rome Posca often verbally jabs at Caesar and comments on his strategy. Is it realistic that a Roman general would let a slave, even an extremely trusted one, talk to them like that?	457	grapp