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Why did the USA's founding fathers feel the Post Office was so important it needed to be in the constitution?

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What prompted nose art on WWII aircraft?

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How did the caste system form in India?

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Was Arianism "heretical" or did the Catholics simply win the argument and write history to favour themselves?

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What eactly do we know bout the population crash in North America pre-European settlement?

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How much like or different from modern sports teams were the Green, Blue, White and Red chariots "factions" in late, late Rome say 400-600AD?

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[META] Do historians ever do anything in the present day to help later historians understand their world in the future?

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How exactly did the power dynamic between "kings" and the Church function in the 700-800s in Europe?

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Do we know of any great hoaxes from the classical era of Greece and Rome?

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Tell me about "honour killings" in Europe just prior to the Renaissance.

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the USA's founding fathers feel the Post Office was so important it needed to be in the constitution?	4672
What prompted nose art on WWII aircraft?	159
How did the caste system form in India?	137
Was Arianism "heretical" or did the Catholics simply win the argument and write history to favour themselves?	92
What eactly do we know bout the population crash in North America pre-European settlement?	47
How much like or different from modern sports teams were the Green, Blue, White and Red chariots "factions" in late, late Rome say 400-600AD?	46
[META] Do historians ever do anything in the present day to help later historians understand their world in the future?	30
How exactly did the power dynamic between "kings" and the Church function in the 700-800s in Europe?	22
Do we know of any great hoaxes from the classical era of Greece and Rome?	17
Tell me about "honour killings" in Europe just prior to the Renaissance.	16