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How did the red star become the symbol of the communist movement?

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Why isn't Buddhism's influence stronger in India?

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Were there/are there any groups independent from western society that incorporated elements of BDSM into their sexual or romantic behaviour?

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What were the Third Reich's plans for Hungarians after WWII?

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Were there monarchs in the middle ages who actively popularized themselves with an epithet like 'the Great'? As a very early form of propaganda perhaps?

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Besides the Rosetta Stone, what other multi-lingual documents have been discovered from ancient Egypt?

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How did people of European/middle Eastern descent deal with lactose intolerance in the past? Were medical practitioners and common folk aware and to what degree?

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What does archaeological and anthropological evidence say about the use of hallucinogens (specifically psylocybin or magic mushrooms) in tribal societies?

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Were there recorded pandemics/epidemics with characteristics like Covid in history, how did societies react to them and what were their mid-to-long term economic/social consequences?

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Where there any realistic art styles around before the ancient Greeks? Also did the Greeks have a visual art form comparable to post-medieval painting? Was it realistic?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the red star become the symbol of the communist movement?	69
Why isn't Buddhism's influence stronger in India?	45
Were there/are there any groups independent from western society that incorporated elements of BDSM into their sexual or romantic behaviour?	34
What were the Third Reich's plans for Hungarians after WWII?	31
Were there monarchs in the middle ages who actively popularized themselves with an epithet like 'the Great'? As a very early form of propaganda perhaps?	16
Besides the Rosetta Stone, what other multi-lingual documents have been discovered from ancient Egypt?	8
How did people of European/middle Eastern descent deal with lactose intolerance in the past? Were medical practitioners and common folk aware and to what degree?	7
What does archaeological and anthropological evidence say about the use of hallucinogens (specifically psylocybin or magic mushrooms) in tribal societies?	5
Were there recorded pandemics/epidemics with characteristics like Covid in history, how did societies react to them and what were their mid-to-long term economic/social consequences?	2
Where there any realistic art styles around before the ancient Greeks? Also did the Greeks have a visual art form comparable to post-medieval painting? Was it realistic?	2