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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | December 01, 2024

created by AutoModerator on 01/12/2024 at 14:00 UTC - 12 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Short Answers to Simple Questions | November 27, 2024

created by AutoModerator on 27/11/2024 at 17:00 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why didn’t the Germans hate hitler as much as the Italians hated Mussolini ?

created by DuckCurrent3059 on 03/12/2024 at 23:30 UTC - 159 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why are Vermont and Maine so much less urbanized than the rest of the US?

created by porkave on 04/12/2024 at 00:34 UTC* - 105 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Did kids have crushes on influential figures in the past?

created by plantcatlovaaaaa on 04/12/2024 at 02:59 UTC* - 48 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why was Leslie Groves so fat? Are fitness standards new to the Army? [Military History]

created by illimitable1 on 03/12/2024 at 18:05 UTC - 231 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Who designed the Nazi "Degenerate Art" exhibition?

created by AngelusNovus420 on 03/12/2024 at 14:48 UTC - 281 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What were soviet citizens allowed to personally sell to one another during Stalin’s reign?

created by Pedah-Griffin on 03/12/2024 at 22:55 UTC - 54 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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In 1835, the historian Thomas Macaulay wrote that no Orientalist "could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia." Which Orientalists are we talking about here and why would they reach this conclusion?

created by Fuck_Off_Libshit on 03/12/2024 at 16:53 UTC - 142 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Is there a particular reason Pazuzu was chosen as the demon in The Exorcist? Would the Mesopotamian cultures have recognised him as he's portrayed in the film?

created by robopilgrim on 03/12/2024 at 21:03 UTC - 46 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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In Return of the King, Theoden rides along the line of cavalry hitting his sword against their spears. What is this called? Is this something that actually happened?

created by Spike_Flings on 03/12/2024 at 12:33 UTC - 220 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What was the average curriculum taught at finishing/charm schools that upper class women would have attended roughly 1900-1940?

created by Larkswing13 on 03/12/2024 at 18:25 UTC - 63 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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When and why did schools stop teaching rhetoric?

created by tilvast on 03/12/2024 at 21:58 UTC - 28 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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During WW2, what could have earned you a bronze star, but with no V?

created by throwawayffmyay on 04/12/2024 at 00:01 UTC - 18 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why are East Asian board games played at nodes, when Western and Middle Eastern counterparts are played on the squares?

created by Particular_Drop5104 on 03/12/2024 at 23:22 UTC - 16 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why is Odoacer’s reign considered the end of Roman rule in the west when he placed himself below the emperor in the east, was supported by the Roman senate, and even invaded Dalmatia in the name of Julius Nepos?

created by civiIized on 03/12/2024 at 05:40 UTC* - 417 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Do we know anything about the mysterious Roman ceramics stamped with "Celadus made it," which have been found from England to Algeria? Was this one man? A School?

created by RusticBohemian on 04/12/2024 at 01:18 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did people cut their nails pre nail clippers?

created by AttemptedCrepe on 03/12/2024 at 20:48 UTC - 22 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Have people always been overwhelmed?

created by markv1182 on 03/12/2024 at 21:12 UTC - 19 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What did the samurai really fight with and how could it be depicted accurately?

created by NepetaLeijon27 on 03/12/2024 at 23:01 UTC - 15 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How do you cite a coin?

created by piratev00 on 03/12/2024 at 16:17 UTC - 44 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why was France So Keen on Maintaining Algeria, but not Morocco or Tunisia as Colonies?

created by Anony-mouse420 on 04/12/2024 at 01:46 UTC - 5 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Tuesday Trivia: Vegetarianism! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!

created by AlanSnooring on 03/12/2024 at 12:01 UTC - 67 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Samurai headhunting and Seppuku. If an enemy commander performed seppuku before being captured, will the person finding the body and taking the head be rewarded?

created by JayFSB on 04/12/2024 at 04:36 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What did the soviet god builders ultimately want?

created by Ivan_Petrov19 on 03/12/2024 at 22:27 UTC - 9 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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