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Was it common in the 1930s for boys to wear jewellery?

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Was it common in the 1930s for boys to wear jewellery?

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Why is it the norm in the West for men to only pierce one ear, but women to pierce both?

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Did Mao ever conduct ethnic deportations akin to those done by Stalin?

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Why didn't Latin-based Creoles develop among slaves in the Roman Empire in the same way as English and French-based Creoles did among slaves in the Caribbean?

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Why are there so many Euronesians in Samoa compared to other independent Pacific nations?

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Before the invention of the tattoo gun, what would have been the point of tattooing a slave/prisoner when branding them would have been much quicker and easier?

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How similar were Communist Albania and Romania to today's North Korea?

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According to Wikipedia, democracy only came to Andorra in 1993. How was Andorra governed before that?

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Why do dictatorships sometimes voluntarily transition their countries to democracy without much domestic unrest?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was it common in the 1930s for boys to wear jewellery?	5
Was it common in the 1930s for boys to wear jewellery?	4
Why is it the norm in the West for men to only pierce one ear, but women to pierce both?	4
Did Mao ever conduct ethnic deportations akin to those done by Stalin?	4
Why didn't Latin-based Creoles develop among slaves in the Roman Empire in the same way as English and French-based Creoles did among slaves in the Caribbean?	4
Why are there so many Euronesians in Samoa compared to other independent Pacific nations?	4
Before the invention of the tattoo gun, what would have been the point of tattooing a slave/prisoner when branding them would have been much quicker and easier?	4
How similar were Communist Albania and Romania to today's North Korea?	3
According to Wikipedia, democracy only came to Andorra in 1993. How was Andorra governed before that?	3
Why do dictatorships sometimes voluntarily transition their countries to democracy without much domestic unrest?	3