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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". Whose idea was it to add that text to the Amendment?

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If Columbus had attempted to sail across the Atlantic in 1392, would he have reached the New World? When did European ships become capable of making the journey?

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When Scipio Africanus used the pincer maneuver at the battle of Ilipa, were any of his Iberian troops aware that the plan depended on the Iberian being weak fighters who would get forced backwards by The Carthaginians?

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Did farmers in premodern Europe understand that wheat contains more calories than cabbage or turnips? Did they try to maximize the amount of food energy grown on their land?

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How many diseases were described by Hippocrates? Did he describe any that don't match any currently documented disease?

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What is the oldest board or card game of which we know the exact rules?

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How did the ghouls from Night of the Living Dead become universally known by the name "zombies"?

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How did people pass time on multi-day train rides before radios and personal electronics?

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Did Native Americans and Mesoamericans consider the first Europeans they met to be particularly significant, or of no more importance than any other trader from a new nation?

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Did the Soviet Union have junk mail and spam phone calls?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". Whose idea was it to add that text to the Amendment?	3990
If Columbus had attempted to sail across the Atlantic in 1392, would he have reached the New World? When did European ships become capable of making the journey?	745
When Scipio Africanus used the pincer maneuver at the battle of Ilipa, were any of his Iberian troops aware that the plan depended on the Iberian being weak fighters who would get forced backwards by The Carthaginians?	117
Did farmers in premodern Europe understand that wheat contains more calories than cabbage or turnips? Did they try to maximize the amount of food energy grown on their land?	34
How many diseases were described by Hippocrates? Did he describe any that don't match any currently documented disease?	31
What is the oldest board or card game of which we know the exact rules?	29
How did the ghouls from Night of the Living Dead become universally known by the name "zombies"?	17
How did people pass time on multi-day train rides before radios and personal electronics?	9
Did Native Americans and Mesoamericans consider the first Europeans they met to be particularly significant, or of no more importance than any other trader from a new nation?	9
Did the Soviet Union have junk mail and spam phone calls?	8