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What is the ideological context of Churchill's quote "anyone who was not a liberal at 20 years of age has no heart, while anyone who was still a liberal at 40 has no head"?

439 upvotes • the253monster

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Why didn't Charlemagne choose Paris as his capital?

439 upvotes • b3048099

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Why wasn't there a drug epidemic one hundred years ago if you could legally buy heroin, morphine, and other "hard" drugs from a pharmacist?

439 upvotes • a-Mei-zing-

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Robert "Bob" Ford (who killed Outlaw Jesse James) made money afterwards by posing for photos. In film/literature he is often said to have been incredibly well known and recognizable. Why, then, do we have barely any photos of him?

439 upvotes • a_Light_Umbrella

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What was the dating scene like for American women during WWII?

439 upvotes • Doe22

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Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place in 1899 and has a heavy emphasis on the Civil War, is this accurate?

439 upvotes • ShowMeUrrGenitals

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Surströmming has such a foul odor that one critic has said "the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before." Nonetheless, it has been a traditional dish in Sweden for centuries. How did it and similarly offensive foods come to be popular?

439 upvotes • LorenzoApophis

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Is there a reason American football never took off anywhere besides the United States?

439 upvotes • SaintShrink

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What historical fact or event do you know for sure is true/really happened, but makes absolutely no sense to you?

438 upvotes • DanyaRomulus

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Medival English literature such as The Canterbury Tales and Le Morte d'Arthur seems to treat adultery as commonplace--both ubiquitous and not especially a bad thing. Does this actually reflect the incidence and social treatment of adultry in medival England?

438 upvotes • UnsealedMTG

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the ideological context of Churchill's quote "anyone who was not a liberal at 20 years of age has no heart, while anyone who was still a liberal at 40 has no head"?	439	the253monster
Why didn't Charlemagne choose Paris as his capital?	439	b3048099
Why wasn't there a drug epidemic one hundred years ago if you could legally buy heroin, morphine, and other "hard" drugs from a pharmacist?	439	a-Mei-zing-
Robert "Bob" Ford (who killed Outlaw Jesse James) made money afterwards by posing for photos. In film/literature he is often said to have been incredibly well known and recognizable. Why, then, do we have barely any photos of him?	439	a_Light_Umbrella
What was the dating scene like for American women during WWII?	439	Doe22
Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place in 1899 and has a heavy emphasis on the Civil War, is this accurate?	439	ShowMeUrrGenitals
Surströmming has such a foul odor that one critic has said "the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before." Nonetheless, it has been a traditional dish in Sweden for centuries. How did it and similarly offensive foods come to be popular?	439	LorenzoApophis
Is there a reason American football never took off anywhere besides the United States?	439	SaintShrink
What historical fact or event do you know for sure is true/really happened, but makes absolutely no sense to you?	438	DanyaRomulus
Medival English literature such as The Canterbury Tales and Le Morte d'Arthur seems to treat adultery as commonplace--both ubiquitous and not especially a bad thing. Does this actually reflect the incidence and social treatment of adultry in medival England?	438	UnsealedMTG