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Weren't the sailor uniforms in Japanese schools originally taken from a fad in British education?

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[WP] The "rumor mill" is an actual place where Dickensian orphans devise gossip about everyone from high school students to world leaders. This is their story...

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How much of the classical writings lost in the "Dark Ages" were actually lost during the Late Roman Empire?

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What was the term "Communist" originally meant to refer to?

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How were texts "rediscovered" in the Renaissance "lost?" Ostensibly they were just sitting around the Byzantine empire, which had plenty of contact with Western Europe. Why didn't they know about them?

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Were the Voyages of Zheng He really just a big propaganda campaign?

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[EU] Quark talks Chief O'Brien into going into business together to commercialize the 5 or 6 different ways they discovered to de-age people using transporters during his time on the Enterprise

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[EU] After another controversial shooting by the police, the Detroit Police Department decides to increase visibility of African American police officers by literally building one, introducing the world to Black Robocop

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[WP] You invent a way to bring bread to life and decide to use this power to become a super villain: Terror Miss Sue, Pastry Chef of the Revolution!

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[WP] Historians have offered hundreds of explanations for the fall of the Roman Empire. Not one has identified the true culprit: Schmoopy

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Weren't the sailor uniforms in Japanese schools originally taken from a fad in British education?	18	AskHistorians
[WP] The "rumor mill" is an actual place where Dickensian orphans devise gossip about everyone from high school students to world leaders. This is their story...	17	WritingPrompts
How much of the classical writings lost in the "Dark Ages" were actually lost during the Late Roman Empire?	16	AskHistorians
What was the term "Communist" originally meant to refer to?	15	AskHistorians
How were texts "rediscovered" in the Renaissance "lost?" Ostensibly they were just sitting around the Byzantine empire, which had plenty of contact with Western Europe. Why didn't they know about them?	15	AskHistorians
Were the Voyages of Zheng He really just a big propaganda campaign?	14	AskHistorians
[EU] Quark talks Chief O'Brien into going into business together to commercialize the 5 or 6 different ways they discovered to de-age people using transporters during his time on the Enterprise	10	WritingPrompts
[EU] After another controversial shooting by the police, the Detroit Police Department decides to increase visibility of African American police officers by literally building one, introducing the world to Black Robocop	10	WritingPrompts
[WP] You invent a way to bring bread to life and decide to use this power to become a super villain: Terror Miss Sue, Pastry Chef of the Revolution!	9	WritingPrompts
[WP] Historians have offered hundreds of explanations for the fall of the Roman Empire. Not one has identified the true culprit: Schmoopy	9	WritingPrompts