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Is it true that China could have found and colonized America first but they stopped voyaging because it was deemed too expensive, or for other reasons?

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What happened to Hitler's bank account?

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Was Çatalhöyük a real city, or more of a proto-city?

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How did Delaware end up the de facto arbiter of US corporate law?

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I read that Zofia Posmysz was sent to Auschwitz for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. What exactly were in those leaflets? Are there any surviving copies?

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Were the coffeehouses of London and the salons of France seen as seething cauldrons of unrest which threatened society in their own time, only later to be romanticized as hotspots of social progress?

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Is it true that in the 18th century French people liked to compare their conflict with England to Rome's struggle with Carthage (a corrupt maritime mercantile civilization)?

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Why did British Latin disappear but Celtic not disappear after the Germanic invasions? Were the Latins more centralized and as a result assimilated easier?

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How did chess rules like en passant and castling originally develop?

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How long did it take for the Statue of Liberty to rust green? Are there any pictures showing, or writings describing, its original bronze?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it true that China could have found and colonized America first but they stopped voyaging because it was deemed too expensive, or for other reasons?	4757
What happened to Hitler's bank account?	1692
Was Çatalhöyük a real city, or more of a proto-city?	131
How did Delaware end up the de facto arbiter of US corporate law?	121
I read that Zofia Posmysz was sent to Auschwitz for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. What exactly were in those leaflets? Are there any surviving copies?	113
Were the coffeehouses of London and the salons of France seen as seething cauldrons of unrest which threatened society in their own time, only later to be romanticized as hotspots of social progress?	66
Is it true that in the 18th century French people liked to compare their conflict with England to Rome's struggle with Carthage (a corrupt maritime mercantile civilization)?	54
Why did British Latin disappear but Celtic not disappear after the Germanic invasions? Were the Latins more centralized and as a result assimilated easier?	38
How did chess rules like en passant and castling originally develop?	32
How long did it take for the Statue of Liberty to rust green? Are there any pictures showing, or writings describing, its original bronze?	19