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why do lions appear so often in traditional Chinese culture (lion dance, stone lion statues) if lions never lived in China

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The year is 1865. I am the owner of a prosperous American southern plantation and own hundreds of slaves. I now have just gotten word that the Civil War has ended. What now?

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Found an old grave that says this woman was born in Pennsylvania then "removed" to Alabama. What does that mean?

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How did the people and governments in China, Japan, etc, react when they learned of the New World to the East of them?

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John Wayne Gacy, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald - how/why did we come to the norm of reporting 3 names for famous criminals, and was it a deliberate trend? Was it at the time or only decades later they became infamously known by the full 3 name?

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How did countries roll out the metric system? Why did the U.S. attempt fail?

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In the last hundred years of American society, we can distinguish clothing, fashion and style by the decade. The Roman empire lasted around 500 years. What do historians know about the subtle (or not so subtle) changes in clothing, fashion and style of the Roman empire?

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I'm a citizen in medieval Spain. I'm a good person: I pay my taxes, go to church and I keep my family away of those filthy jews and atheists. Am I scared of the Inquisition anyways? Am I in their favor, or just too scared to say something against them?

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What was the rest of the World's reaction to US prohibition of alcohol, and the subsequent repeal?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
why do lions appear so often in traditional Chinese culture (lion dance, stone lion statues) if lions never lived in China	930
The year is 1865. I am the owner of a prosperous American southern plantation and own hundreds of slaves. I now have just gotten word that the Civil War has ended. What now?	928
Found an old grave that says this woman was born in Pennsylvania then "removed" to Alabama. What does that mean?	926
How did the people and governments in China, Japan, etc, react when they learned of the New World to the East of them?	922
John Wayne Gacy, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald - how/why did we come to the norm of reporting 3 names for famous criminals, and was it a deliberate trend? Was it at the time or only decades later they became infamously known by the full 3 name?	916
[deleted by user]	914
How did countries roll out the metric system? Why did the U.S. attempt fail?	907
In the last hundred years of American society, we can distinguish clothing, fashion and style by the decade. The Roman empire lasted around 500 years. What do historians know about the subtle (or not so subtle) changes in clothing, fashion and style of the Roman empire?	906
I'm a citizen in medieval Spain. I'm a good person: I pay my taxes, go to church and I keep my family away of those filthy jews and atheists. Am I scared of the Inquisition anyways? Am I in their favor, or just too scared to say something against them?	889
What was the rest of the World's reaction to US prohibition of alcohol, and the subsequent repeal?	884