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These days, the average person seems to be more familiar with Greek Gods than their Roman counterparts, however it appears that only 100 or so years ago, the opposite was the case. What caused this change in the last 100 years ?

379 upvotes • GarfieldTree

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Was the expansion of modern bureaucracy ever meaningfully hindered by the cost/scarcity of paper?

379 upvotes • crrpit

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How did the Church of Latter Day Saints become so widespread & basically take over an entire State?

379 upvotes • the_cutest_commie

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What was it about Argentina that made it so sympathetic to Nazis that they sought and found refuge there?

379 upvotes • sfinxfeet

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Uranium ore is 40x more common than Silver, and 500x more common than gold. Has there been any historical uses of Uranium Ore before the discovery of Radioactivity?

379 upvotes • XipingVonHozzendorf

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Wednesday AMA: Massive Egypt Panel

378 upvotes • Daeres

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How/why did Saddam Hussein and his generals think they had a chance of winning the first gulf war?

378 upvotes • TheTallestOfTopHats

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My High School history teacher gave me a very different account of Franz Ferdinand's assassination than what I've heard from other sources. Is there legitimate confusion around this event?

378 upvotes • jimbotheconflictor

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How do we determine the populations of ancient civilizations? What are our best guesses of the earliest Minoan and Mycenaean population centers?

378 upvotes • 1mdelightful

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How did the idea of Universal Healthcare come about? Which was the first country to implement it?

378 upvotes • Shashank1000

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These days, the average person seems to be more familiar with Greek Gods than their Roman counterparts, however it appears that only 100 or so years ago, the opposite was the case. What caused this change in the last 100 years ?	379	GarfieldTree
Was the expansion of modern bureaucracy ever meaningfully hindered by the cost/scarcity of paper?	379	crrpit
How did the Church of Latter Day Saints become so widespread & basically take over an entire State?	379	the_cutest_commie
What was it about Argentina that made it so sympathetic to Nazis that they sought and found refuge there?	379	sfinxfeet
Uranium ore is 40x more common than Silver, and 500x more common than gold. Has there been any historical uses of Uranium Ore before the discovery of Radioactivity?	379	XipingVonHozzendorf
Wednesday AMA: Massive Egypt Panel	378	Daeres
How/why did Saddam Hussein and his generals think they had a chance of winning the first gulf war?	378	TheTallestOfTopHats
My High School history teacher gave me a very different account of Franz Ferdinand's assassination than what I've heard from other sources. Is there legitimate confusion around this event?	378	jimbotheconflictor
How do we determine the populations of ancient civilizations? What are our best guesses of the earliest Minoan and Mycenaean population centers?	378	1mdelightful
How did the idea of Universal Healthcare come about? Which was the first country to implement it?	378	Shashank1000