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Are there contemporary records of why flappers used cosmetics to create thin, upturned eyebrows?
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What stopped the British from granting independence to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
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Why did people not tend to keep records or consider future consequences until very recently?
Awarded 22 hours ago
Were medieval and renaissance era jesters commonly disabled?
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How were servants to the Kaiser of Imperial Germany treated and where may I find more information on them?
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Why did people not tend to keep records or consider future consequences until very recently?
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Why did people not tend to keep records or consider future consequences until very recently?
Awarded yesterday
What are the themes of post-WW2 Polish immigration to the United States?
Awarded 2 days ago
Where online is the text of newspaper articles from the 1800s transcribed?
Awarded Apr 5 at 23:40
Did the founding members of the Black Panthers ever mention the role of Malcolm X in creating their group?
Awarded Apr 4 at 21:35
What percentage of men, ages 18 to 35, from the northern states served in the Union Army?
Awarded Apr 3 at 14:50
At what point after the war did Confederate money begin to attain value again?
Awarded Apr 2 at 22:20
Did Ali say that only Muhammad's descendants can rule?
Awarded Mar 30 at 21:15
How have they traditionally handled safety on submarines in regards to “surface cruising”?
Awarded Mar 29 at 15:55
How long would it take to sail from New Orleans to Belize in late Summer 1867?
Awarded Mar 29 at 2:45
Why were the British so reluctant to allow Jewish migration to Palestine?
Awarded Mar 27 at 17:30
Was the American Civil War the “bloodiest civil war in history”?
Awarded Mar 23 at 21:45
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Awarded Mar 22 at 9:05
How did the authorities not find the speakeasy clubs during the prohibition?
Awarded Mar 19 at 20:10
Why didn't the ancients produce purple dye via admixture?
Awarded Mar 19 at 1:30
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Awarded Mar 16 at 1:00
What type of magazine was “Classic CD”?
Awarded Mar 14 at 2:30
Were Mongol or Chinese cavalry charges among the largest in history?
Awarded Mar 12 at 11:30
Did Watt or another inventor have a dream about ball bearings?
Awarded Mar 12 at 11:30
Did the German ship SS Hansa (former Albert Ballin) continue her journey to the West after 30 January 1945?
Awarded Mar 11 at 20:40
How did archers judge distance before range finders?
Awarded Mar 11 at 20:25
How did archers judge distance before range finders?
Awarded Mar 10 at 14:50
Are there incidents of ronin travelling outside Japan as soldiers of fortune?
Awarded Mar 8 at 23:15
Was the 35 year age minimum chosen for US president roughly equal to the average life expectancy for a reason?
Awarded Mar 7 at 20:55
Did the “loss” of the American territories in the first third of the 19th century have any impact on Spanish intellectual discourse?
Awarded Mar 7 at 17:10
Was the 35 year age minimum chosen for US president roughly equal to the average life expectancy for a reason?
Awarded Mar 7 at 15:55
What prevented the Mongolian Empire from expanding into Europe?
Awarded Mar 7 at 9:00
Why would anyone from Japan be in Northern India in early 1900s?
Awarded Mar 6 at 11:55
Is the use by old masters of camera obscura and optics in general a taboo topic in Art History, or was David Hockney's thesis wrong?
Awarded Mar 5 at 18:25
Why did Helots fight alongside Spartans?
Awarded Mar 5 at 15:50
What jobs exempted one from being conscripted in the UK during World War 2?
Awarded Mar 5 at 1:15
Did Sparta give citizenship to the helots who participated on its side in the Battle of Plataea?
Awarded Mar 4 at 10:15
Is there an example of 19th century non-believer who fluently alludes to Scripture?
Awarded Mar 3 at 23:45
Why is Jiagedaqi part of Heilongjiang despite being inside Inner Mongolia?
Awarded Mar 2 at 19:40
Are there any sound historical proofs that soma contained cannabis?
Awarded Feb 27 at 1:55
What was the point of horse armour?
Awarded Feb 23 at 23:25
Why was the Cuban Revolution (1953-1959) ultimately successful?
Awarded Feb 23 at 15:45
Why did Churchill order the destruction of the bombes?
Awarded Feb 23 at 4:05
Why did Churchill order the destruction of the bombes?
Awarded Feb 23 at 4:05
Why were the drawings of Colossus burnt after WW2 and why was its very existence “of course” kept secret?
Awarded Feb 22 at 21:20
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Awarded Feb 22 at 21:15
Why is late Russian Empire associated with Byzantium while having little in common with it?
Awarded Feb 20 at 8:35
What sort of maps did the ancient Greeks make and distribute?
Awarded Feb 20 at 7:50
Is rye bread Turkish?
Awarded Feb 19 at 20:20
Was the last Japanese surrender after WWII in the 1970s?
Awarded Feb 18 at 23:10
Why did the Germans use the Enigma machine rather than the far superior “Lorenz” cipher machine?
Awarded Feb 18 at 20:50
Is there a database of ancient/current names of cities?
Awarded Feb 18 at 10:00
Were the Hashemite kings of Iraq and Transjordan considered foreign?
Awarded Feb 17 at 11:20
Who was the last European king to actively engage in combat?
Awarded Feb 17 at 4:10
Was hay invented only in the Middle Ages in Europe?
Awarded Feb 16 at 0:20
Was hay invented only in the Middle Ages in Europe?
Awarded Feb 16 at 0:20
What was the primary method the Jews used to make a fire at the time of Jesus?
Awarded Feb 15 at 16:20
Who was the last European king to actively engage in combat?
Awarded Feb 15 at 15:55
Why exactly did telegraphs have to use “STOP” instead of a period and “QUOTE” instead of a quotation mark? (Or special codes.)
Awarded Feb 14 at 1:35
How did an immigrant become a citizen in the nineteenth century?
Awarded Feb 12 at 20:30
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