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Many old, large cities are on equally large rivers, the coast, or both. What made Madrid the exception?

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How did the modern drum kit (kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, cymbals) develop? Additionally, how/why did modern drumming and percussion take such a prominent place in compared to in classical music?

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How did exonyms develop? Why do some places use exonyms and not others? Why are some exonyms so different — i.e., no translation or cognate relationship — compared to what the endonym is?

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Mexican caudillo Santa Anna famously ordered his amputated leg buried with full military honors. What usually happens to amputated body parts during wartime?

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How and why did orchestra tuning become a part of the performance?

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How was the Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest known complete musical work, transcribed into a modern musical notation system?

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Where did the Sephardic Jews who left Spain go after the Spanish Inquisition?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Many old, large cities are on equally large rivers, the coast, or both. What made Madrid the exception?	191
How did the modern drum kit (kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, cymbals) develop? Additionally, how/why did modern drumming and percussion take such a prominent place in compared to in classical music?	186
How did exonyms develop? Why do some places use exonyms and not others? Why are some exonyms so different — i.e., no translation or cognate relationship — compared to what the endonym is?	33
Mexican caudillo Santa Anna famously ordered his amputated leg buried with full military honors. What usually happens to amputated body parts during wartime?	10
How and why did orchestra tuning become a part of the performance?	1
How was the Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest known complete musical work, transcribed into a modern musical notation system?	1
Where did the Sephardic Jews who left Spain go after the Spanish Inquisition?	1