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Antipope John XXIII was accused and found guilty only of piracy, rape, sodomy, murder and incest after the more scandalous charges were suppressed according to to historian Edward Gibbon. Was there any merit to the accusations? NSFW

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How do tears work in zero gravity?

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In the late Roman times when becoming an emperor was pretty much a death sentence why did people still chose to become emperors? Are there any cases of people on the wise who refused to become emperors?

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In the Christian Balkan countries the centuries of Ottoman rule are portrayed are "years of enslavement" and living under the "Turkish yoke". Are the years of Ottoman rule seen as more benign historically by the Muslim countries they ruled in the Balkans, the Middle East and Africa?

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How such a small nation like Greece has come to control the world's largest merchant fleet?

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During Greece's hyperinflation of the 1940's employees would be paid at dawn go out and buy stuff and come back to work because by the time they finished work all their money would be worthless. Which trader accepted this money and why?

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What was the situation of the roma under socialism?

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Why didn't Mao invade Taiwan?

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How extensive was the executions of prisoners and pilfering/plundering by US troops in Europe during WW2?

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Was the narrowing of the rich poor divide and the rise of the social state in in Europe and elsewhere consciously promoted by the governments to lessen the appeal of socialist ideas?

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Antipope John XXIII was accused and found guilty only of piracy, rape, sodomy, murder and incest after the more scandalous charges were suppressed according to to historian Edward Gibbon. Was there any merit to the accusations? NSFW	3246	AskHistorians
How do tears work in zero gravity?	131	askscience
In the late Roman times when becoming an emperor was pretty much a death sentence why did people still chose to become emperors? Are there any cases of people on the wise who refused to become emperors?	50	AskHistorians
In the Christian Balkan countries the centuries of Ottoman rule are portrayed are "years of enslavement" and living under the "Turkish yoke". Are the years of Ottoman rule seen as more benign historically by the Muslim countries they ruled in the Balkans, the Middle East and Africa?	48	AskHistorians
How such a small nation like Greece has come to control the world's largest merchant fleet?	45	AskHistorians
During Greece's hyperinflation of the 1940's employees would be paid at dawn go out and buy stuff and come back to work because by the time they finished work all their money would be worthless. Which trader accepted this money and why?	45	AskHistorians
What was the situation of the roma under socialism?	39	AskHistorians
Why didn't Mao invade Taiwan?	34	AskHistorians
How extensive was the executions of prisoners and pilfering/plundering by US troops in Europe during WW2?	32	AskHistorians
Was the narrowing of the rich poor divide and the rise of the social state in in Europe and elsewhere consciously promoted by the governments to lessen the appeal of socialist ideas?	30	AskHistorians