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Do we know the history behind how kissing came to be the arguably most prominent gesture of love and sexuality in society?

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Why Weren't the Nazis Open About the Final Solution?

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Why has the consensus on the Neolithic Revolution shifted more towards multiple cradles of civilization?

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The Holy Roman Empire: Just how imperial was it?

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When and why did vodka, a culturally Eastern Bloc spirit, become ubiquitous in the West?

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Did South African and Cuban Troops Ever Fight Each Other in the South African Border Wars?

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To what extent would a Romance-language speaker in the early Medieval period think they were speaking (their version of) Latin, as opposed to a bespoke language descended from, but not the same as, Latin?

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Was the American Civil War the largest war in the world between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War?

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During the dissolution of Yugoslavia, was there any border spillover into major surrounding powers like Italy, Romania, or Austria?

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Where does the translation of 'corn' come from in Caesar's Commentaries, and why use that instead of 'grain'?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do we know the history behind how kissing came to be the arguably most prominent gesture of love and sexuality in society?	188
Why Weren't the Nazis Open About the Final Solution?	39
Why has the consensus on the Neolithic Revolution shifted more towards multiple cradles of civilization?	36
The Holy Roman Empire: Just how imperial was it?	27
When and why did vodka, a culturally Eastern Bloc spirit, become ubiquitous in the West?	16
Did South African and Cuban Troops Ever Fight Each Other in the South African Border Wars?	13
To what extent would a Romance-language speaker in the early Medieval period think they were speaking (their version of) Latin, as opposed to a bespoke language descended from, but not the same as, Latin?	8
Was the American Civil War the largest war in the world between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War?	6
During the dissolution of Yugoslavia, was there any border spillover into major surrounding powers like Italy, Romania, or Austria?	4
Where does the translation of 'corn' come from in Caesar's Commentaries, and why use that instead of 'grain'?	1