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Why did the vikings (and generally norwegians) build everything in wood?

427 upvotes • SerCrumb

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In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Kevin runs into Central Park to escape from Harry and Marv. They give up chasing him and Harry says: “grown men come into the park and don’t leave alive. Good luck little fella.” Was Central Park really considered that dangerous back then?

427 upvotes • BadassBuddusky

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Why do we have 1 numerical system (Hindu-Arabic) worldwide but 100’s of languages? What caused this consolidation for numbers but not languages?

427 upvotes • 6rhodesian6

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In what ways did Medieval France differ in culture and political structure from Medieval England?

427 upvotes • Lord-Gamer

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Is A People’s History of the USA by Howard Zinn accurate?

427 upvotes • Impossible_Mine_1616

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Wednesday AMA: Russia and the Soviet Union.

426 upvotes • facepoundr

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Why didn't the Germans bombard southern England with artillery?

426 upvotes • nilhaus

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Can anyone provide some historical context to the references in this 1870 satirical map of Europe?

426 upvotes • cmd194

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To what extent would Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Hedwig Höss, Margarete Himmler, or other wives of prominent Nazi officials involved in the Holocaust have known about what was going on?

426 upvotes • give_my_son_juice

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How popular was Communism at the time of its downfall in the USSR?

426 upvotes • SaturatedPhats

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the vikings (and generally norwegians) build everything in wood?	427	SerCrumb
In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Kevin runs into Central Park to escape from Harry and Marv. They give up chasing him and Harry says: “grown men come into the park and don’t leave alive. Good luck little fella.” Was Central Park really considered that dangerous back then?	427	BadassBuddusky
Why do we have 1 numerical system (Hindu-Arabic) worldwide but 100’s of languages? What caused this consolidation for numbers but not languages?	427	6rhodesian6
In what ways did Medieval France differ in culture and political structure from Medieval England?	427	Lord-Gamer
Is A People’s History of the USA by Howard Zinn accurate?	427	Impossible_Mine_1616
Wednesday AMA: Russia and the Soviet Union.	426	facepoundr
Why didn't the Germans bombard southern England with artillery?	426	nilhaus
Can anyone provide some historical context to the references in this 1870 satirical map of Europe?	426	cmd194
To what extent would Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Hedwig Höss, Margarete Himmler, or other wives of prominent Nazi officials involved in the Holocaust have known about what was going on?	426	give_my_son_juice
How popular was Communism at the time of its downfall in the USSR?	426	SaturatedPhats