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Has a presidential candidate ever backed out of a debate before?

416 upvotes • spacepiratetabby

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Hesiod tells us of Atalanta, a fast female runner who "rejected her equals, avoided marriage with men who eat bread." What does this mean?

416 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Russia has ordered journalists to not refer to there being a state of war in Ukraine, referring it always as a "special operation." During Korea, when US forces were involved in a "police action" was there pushback to anyone who called it a war? Was "police action" mocked as a description?

416 upvotes • Paulie_Gatto

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Are there any diaries of prostitutes from the Wild West?

416 upvotes • DueGarage3760

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How physically comfortable were ordinary people during the European Middle Ages?

416 upvotes • feartrich

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Why are red, white and blue common national colors?

415 upvotes • Skoalmintpouches

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What was Napoleon's life on St. Helena like?

415 upvotes • tacopeople

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Arab/Muslim culture used to be the height of technology and the arts. What changed?

415 upvotes • pmbasehore

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In 53 BC, the Roman legions at Carrhae were decisively defeated by the Persians, who used a combination of heavy cavalry and light horse archers. But in the 2nd Century, the Romans twice sacked the Person capital at Ctesiphon. How did the tactics of the two empires change between those centuries?

415 upvotes • Dtnoip30

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I was floored when I learned that Lucy’s husband was Cuban in “I Love Lucy”. What was the public’s reaction to their marriage, especially since this was before interracial marriage was legal in the U.S.?

415 upvotes • xoxo4794

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Has a presidential candidate ever backed out of a debate before?	416	spacepiratetabby
Hesiod tells us of Atalanta, a fast female runner who "rejected her equals, avoided marriage with men who eat bread." What does this mean?	416	RusticBohemian
Russia has ordered journalists to not refer to there being a state of war in Ukraine, referring it always as a "special operation." During Korea, when US forces were involved in a "police action" was there pushback to anyone who called it a war? Was "police action" mocked as a description?	416	Paulie_Gatto
Are there any diaries of prostitutes from the Wild West?	416	DueGarage3760
How physically comfortable were ordinary people during the European Middle Ages?	416	feartrich
Why are red, white and blue common national colors?	415	Skoalmintpouches
What was Napoleon's life on St. Helena like?	415	tacopeople
Arab/Muslim culture used to be the height of technology and the arts. What changed?	415	pmbasehore
In 53 BC, the Roman legions at Carrhae were decisively defeated by the Persians, who used a combination of heavy cavalry and light horse archers. But in the 2nd Century, the Romans twice sacked the Person capital at Ctesiphon. How did the tactics of the two empires change between those centuries?	415	Dtnoip30
I was floored when I learned that Lucy’s husband was Cuban in “I Love Lucy”. What was the public’s reaction to their marriage, especially since this was before interracial marriage was legal in the U.S.?	415	xoxo4794