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How did the Mafia lose control over Las Vegas and was it really a better tourist experience when they operated ?

390 upvotes • tharkibudda

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Did telegraph slang ever develop similar to internet and texting slang? Do any terms from telegraphs remain today?

390 upvotes • Mindless_Pianist_857

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Did the Turkey come within one vote of being the national bird?

389 upvotes • BiggieOneOhOne

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With the millions he killed, why was Pol Pot never brought to justice for his crimes?

389 upvotes • satanic_badgers

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During the Nuremberg trials, Karl Donitz was convicted of carrying out unrestricted submarine warfare but was not punished for that charge because the US committed that same crime. Are there any other examples this happening during the trials?

389 upvotes • SymbolOfHope

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Did WW2-era American youth rebel culturally and identify with Axis powers/trends/music the way some German youth apparently did?

389 upvotes • Sloeb

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Shakespeare has Brutus kill Caesar to prevent a monarchy. How did that go down in 1500s England?

389 upvotes • trampabroad

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I read that Lord of the Rings was ignored by academics and was rarely subjected to literary criticism until the 1980s. What was the justification given for this?

389 upvotes • Pineapple__Jews

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Europe has had universities since the High Middle Ages, so why didn't (future) kings attend them until—if I'm not mistaken—the 19th century?

389 upvotes • JJVMT

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Did the Maya really worship Ixtab, goddess of suicide by hanging, or was she made up by Spaniards?

389 upvotes • enlightendark

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How did the Mafia lose control over Las Vegas and was it really a better tourist experience when they operated ?	390	tharkibudda
Did telegraph slang ever develop similar to internet and texting slang? Do any terms from telegraphs remain today?	390	Mindless_Pianist_857
Did the Turkey come within one vote of being the national bird?	389	BiggieOneOhOne
With the millions he killed, why was Pol Pot never brought to justice for his crimes?	389	satanic_badgers
During the Nuremberg trials, Karl Donitz was convicted of carrying out unrestricted submarine warfare but was not punished for that charge because the US committed that same crime. Are there any other examples this happening during the trials?	389	SymbolOfHope
Did WW2-era American youth rebel culturally and identify with Axis powers/trends/music the way some German youth apparently did?	389	Sloeb
Shakespeare has Brutus kill Caesar to prevent a monarchy. How did that go down in 1500s England?	389	trampabroad
I read that Lord of the Rings was ignored by academics and was rarely subjected to literary criticism until the 1980s. What was the justification given for this?	389	Pineapple__Jews
Europe has had universities since the High Middle Ages, so why didn't (future) kings attend them until—if I'm not mistaken—the 19th century?	389	JJVMT
Did the Maya really worship Ixtab, goddess of suicide by hanging, or was she made up by Spaniards?	389	enlightendark