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The Bible references Inns such as during the birth of Jesus they attempted to stay at an inn. Or in the parable of the good Samaritan the Samaritan took the hurt man to an inn to care for him. What were these inns like at the time? What sort of services were provided and how common were they?

438 upvotes • Spam4119

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When did the English speaking world start referring to Hitler's party as the "Nazis" instead of the "National Socialists"?

438 upvotes • rm999

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What did people believe static electricity was before we knew it was electricity?

438 upvotes • Scept_R

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How did the Church respond to the discovery of the New World which is never mentioned in the Bible?

438 upvotes • Dinocrocodile

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Why is the French Revolution (1789) is considered much more important than English Revolution (1649)?

438 upvotes • Ilitarist

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Did Nazi doctors or scientists who experimented on people in concentration camps make any significant contributions to their fields due to their experiments? If so, how beneficial were those contributions to humanity?

438 upvotes • UserMakhfi

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During WW1, Germany attempted to gain mexico as an ally by asking them to attack the united states to regain lost territory, but mexico was in the middle of a civil war during the time. Was Germany unaware of the civil war, or just assumed they could fight multiple conflicts at once?

438 upvotes • a-sharp-garden-rake

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In Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, a frontier teacher has to defend himself from students who beat their previous teacher to death. Is there any historical backing to this?

438 upvotes • Shovelbum26

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Star Trek aired in the mid 60s, when audiences were locked in a proxy conflict with communist powers and in danger of experiencing nuclear war with them. How politically did American viewers interpret Roddenberry's vision of post-scarcity communism? Were networks concerned it was too "Red"?

438 upvotes • DisgruntledNumidian

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How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?

438 upvotes • InfernalCape

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The Bible references Inns such as during the birth of Jesus they attempted to stay at an inn. Or in the parable of the good Samaritan the Samaritan took the hurt man to an inn to care for him. What were these inns like at the time? What sort of services were provided and how common were they?	438	Spam4119
When did the English speaking world start referring to Hitler's party as the "Nazis" instead of the "National Socialists"?	438	rm999
What did people believe static electricity was before we knew it was electricity?	438	Scept_R
How did the Church respond to the discovery of the New World which is never mentioned in the Bible?	438	Dinocrocodile
Why is the French Revolution (1789) is considered much more important than English Revolution (1649)?	438	Ilitarist
Did Nazi doctors or scientists who experimented on people in concentration camps make any significant contributions to their fields due to their experiments? If so, how beneficial were those contributions to humanity?	438	UserMakhfi
During WW1, Germany attempted to gain mexico as an ally by asking them to attack the united states to regain lost territory, but mexico was in the middle of a civil war during the time. Was Germany unaware of the civil war, or just assumed they could fight multiple conflicts at once?	438	a-sharp-garden-rake
In Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, a frontier teacher has to defend himself from students who beat their previous teacher to death. Is there any historical backing to this?	438	Shovelbum26
Star Trek aired in the mid 60s, when audiences were locked in a proxy conflict with communist powers and in danger of experiencing nuclear war with them. How politically did American viewers interpret Roddenberry's vision of post-scarcity communism? Were networks concerned it was too "Red"?	438	DisgruntledNumidian
How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?	438	InfernalCape