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What do we know about the women who embroidered the Bayeux Tapestry?

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Twenty years on, what is the opinion of historians on the 2001 massacre of the Nepalese royal family? Was Prince Dipendra really responsible for it?

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Maryland's anti-miscegenation laws prohibited black and white people from marrying Filipinos. When was this part of the law passed, and why? What was the Filipino community in Maryland like at that time?

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It's 1850 and I am a 10 year old child living on the equator. How would my life be different if I were living in Brazil, the Dutch East Indies, or the Kongdom of Kongo?

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What was life like for gay men in the Royal Navy?

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How did Russian women respond to being taxed for the first time?

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How much do we know about how the Luddite movement operated?

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Where did the idea of the Village Idiot come from? Were they actually a thing?

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How did the word "shaman" come to be used so widely outside of Siberia?

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How did the French Revolution affect men's fashion?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What do we know about the women who embroidered the Bayeux Tapestry?	202
Twenty years on, what is the opinion of historians on the 2001 massacre of the Nepalese royal family? Was Prince Dipendra really responsible for it?	52
Maryland's anti-miscegenation laws prohibited black and white people from marrying Filipinos. When was this part of the law passed, and why? What was the Filipino community in Maryland like at that time?	18
It's 1850 and I am a 10 year old child living on the equator. How would my life be different if I were living in Brazil, the Dutch East Indies, or the Kongdom of Kongo?	18
What was life like for gay men in the Royal Navy?	6
How did Russian women respond to being taxed for the first time?	5
How much do we know about how the Luddite movement operated?	4
Where did the idea of the Village Idiot come from? Were they actually a thing?	4
How did the word "shaman" come to be used so widely outside of Siberia?	4
How did the French Revolution affect men's fashion?	3