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Was there really a chinese genocide in Mexico during the revolution?

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In Romans 1 26-27 Paul says that paganism is the reason roman men "lust for each other" and women do "unnatural" sexual acts. What sexual acts could he be referring to? NSFW

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Why did Zoroastrianism stop spreading?, was it because the Persian Empire was conquered?

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Have the quaker always been on 'the right side of history'?

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Why did english speakers start saying "conqustador" and "reconquista" instead of "conqueror" and "reconquest"?

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Marco Polo makes Guangzhou sound like a utopia, how much of it was true?

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Marco Polo describes Guangzhou like a Utopia, where every citizen was cared for so even the poorest person had a house and food, and couples were even borrowed a castle for their wedding party, among many other things, how much of this can we believe?

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Why do we perceive chinese dragons and european dragons as different kinds of the same mythical creature when they are so different?

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Japan managed to catch up very quickly in science and physics in the early 1900s, how did they accomplish this?

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I get the impression that across history, form Julius Caesar to Napoleon, recruitment new armies was like mass kidnapping all healthy men from a region, is this accurate?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was there really a chinese genocide in Mexico during the revolution?	333
In Romans 1 26-27 Paul says that paganism is the reason roman men "lust for each other" and women do "unnatural" sexual acts. What sexual acts could he be referring to? NSFW	318
Why did Zoroastrianism stop spreading?, was it because the Persian Empire was conquered?	291
Have the quaker always been on 'the right side of history'?	284
Why did english speakers start saying "conqustador" and "reconquista" instead of "conqueror" and "reconquest"?	266
Marco Polo makes Guangzhou sound like a utopia, how much of it was true?	246
Marco Polo describes Guangzhou like a Utopia, where every citizen was cared for so even the poorest person had a house and food, and couples were even borrowed a castle for their wedding party, among many other things, how much of this can we believe?	237
Why do we perceive chinese dragons and european dragons as different kinds of the same mythical creature when they are so different?	228
Japan managed to catch up very quickly in science and physics in the early 1900s, how did they accomplish this?	217
I get the impression that across history, form Julius Caesar to Napoleon, recruitment new armies was like mass kidnapping all healthy men from a region, is this accurate?	201