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A French peasant in the 15th century: how much would he know about the world?

436 upvotes • Broyourfacegoddamnit

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Yugoslav wars: Why was Serbia unable to simply steamroll Bosnia and Croatia?

436 upvotes • Xolom

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What were Karl Marx's views regarding policies we now associate with stalinism, such as purges, mass state terror, cult of personality?

436 upvotes • tlumacz

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Why is Amelia Earhart’s disappearance regarded as so mysterious?

436 upvotes • [deleted]

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What is the origin of the idea of 3 meals per day? Did other cultures have other meal schedules?

436 upvotes • mercurial_zephyr

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Is the poor lifestyle of medieval peasants exaggerated?

436 upvotes • WodeRoll

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I inherited a book that is written in another language and seems to have been handwritten probably hundreds of years ago.

436 upvotes • itch-bay

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Both Aurochs and European bisons were endangered or nearly extinct in the 15th and 16th century, but Polish kings took measures to protect them which saved the bisons from extinction. What was their reason for what's actually pre-modern conservation programs?

436 upvotes • arrogantwerpen

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[Meta] Some reminders and clarifications about answers.

435 upvotes • eternalkerri

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How did the Romans deal with sewage?

435 upvotes • zq6

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
A French peasant in the 15th century: how much would he know about the world?	436	Broyourfacegoddamnit
Yugoslav wars: Why was Serbia unable to simply steamroll Bosnia and Croatia?	436	Xolom
What were Karl Marx's views regarding policies we now associate with stalinism, such as purges, mass state terror, cult of personality?	436	tlumacz
Why is Amelia Earhart’s disappearance regarded as so mysterious?	436	[deleted]
What is the origin of the idea of 3 meals per day? Did other cultures have other meal schedules?	436	mercurial_zephyr
Is the poor lifestyle of medieval peasants exaggerated?	436	WodeRoll
I inherited a book that is written in another language and seems to have been handwritten probably hundreds of years ago.	436	itch-bay
Both Aurochs and European bisons were endangered or nearly extinct in the 15th and 16th century, but Polish kings took measures to protect them which saved the bisons from extinction. What was their reason for what's actually pre-modern conservation programs?	436	arrogantwerpen
[Meta] Some reminders and clarifications about answers.	435	eternalkerri
How did the Romans deal with sewage?	435	zq6