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In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case?

386 upvotes • wolverine237

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Who "trains" the new President?

386 upvotes • OneInAMillyx

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After how many generations does one stop being nobility ?

386 upvotes • Lord_jesse_

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Did Belarus ever have a national identity before 1918?

386 upvotes • Syndicalistguy02

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What is the history of suicide and when does it become something that makes regular inroads into civilizations? NSFW

386 upvotes • historyisfuture

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What would have been the ancient equivalent of a modern guy modifying his car to purposely make it loud? How did men express compensatory masculinity in ancient times?

386 upvotes • Optimal_Trade

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Today is Marcus Aurelius' birthday. Was he really as good as history remembers him? And what were his subjects attitudes to him during his reign?

386 upvotes • [deleted]

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Trying to find a British “sea dragon cult”

386 upvotes • laidlyworm

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What documents do historians have now that Gibbon did not when he wrote The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

386 upvotes • toefirefire2

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Did Japanese citizens get their homes back when they were released from US concentration camps?

386 upvotes • Kind-Reality-2859

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case?	386	wolverine237
Who "trains" the new President?	386	OneInAMillyx
After how many generations does one stop being nobility ?	386	Lord_jesse_
Did Belarus ever have a national identity before 1918?	386	Syndicalistguy02
What is the history of suicide and when does it become something that makes regular inroads into civilizations? NSFW	386	historyisfuture
What would have been the ancient equivalent of a modern guy modifying his car to purposely make it loud? How did men express compensatory masculinity in ancient times?	386	Optimal_Trade
Today is Marcus Aurelius' birthday. Was he really as good as history remembers him? And what were his subjects attitudes to him during his reign?	386	[deleted]
Trying to find a British “sea dragon cult”	386	laidlyworm
What documents do historians have now that Gibbon did not when he wrote The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	386	toefirefire2
Did Japanese citizens get their homes back when they were released from US concentration camps?	386	Kind-Reality-2859