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[Crosspost] AMA with Peter Hook, bassist from Joy Division and New Order

2108 upvotes • r/IAmA

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Why didn't any of the Anglosphere countries become fascist or communist during the 20th century, like many other western nations did?

205 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The 1952 Directors' Poll that directly inspired the famous Sight and Sound Poll.

135 upvotes • r/criterion

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Alfred Hitchcock's final movie was 'Family Plot' in 1976. Was this the last film made by a director from the silent era?

23 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What's the origin of the circumflex above the vocative "ô" that I've seen in some Shakespeare quartos?

20 upvotes • r/asklinguistics

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Is the Tractatus Coislinianus a summary of the lost second book of Aristotle's poetics?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was Ned Ludd, the supposed person from whom the Luddites took their name, a real person?

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The life expectancy in Algeria in 1930 was 32. By the year 2001 it was 70. What happened to make it increase by so much?

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Why did so many important logicians come from Poland during the twentieth century?

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Like a Shakespeare play, the season ended on a heroic couplet (except for one final "Go".)

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[Crosspost] AMA with Peter Hook, bassist from Joy Division and New Order	2108	IAmA
Why didn't any of the Anglosphere countries become fascist or communist during the 20th century, like many other western nations did?	205	AskHistorians
The 1952 Directors' Poll that directly inspired the famous Sight and Sound Poll.	135	criterion
Alfred Hitchcock's final movie was 'Family Plot' in 1976. Was this the last film made by a director from the silent era?	23	AskHistorians
What's the origin of the circumflex above the vocative "ô" that I've seen in some Shakespeare quartos?	20	asklinguistics
Is the Tractatus Coislinianus a summary of the lost second book of Aristotle's poetics?	11	AskHistorians
Was Ned Ludd, the supposed person from whom the Luddites took their name, a real person?	8	AskHistorians
The life expectancy in Algeria in 1930 was 32. By the year 2001 it was 70. What happened to make it increase by so much?	5	AskHistorians
Why did so many important logicians come from Poland during the twentieth century?	3	AskHistorians
Like a Shakespeare play, the season ended on a heroic couplet (except for one final "Go".)	2	HouseOfTheDragon