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Posted by /u/HumbleRestaurant790

Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut?

Posted by /u/Mrs_tribbiani

Historically, women have always covered their hair/head when going outside; nowadays, women usually do not wear hats or head coverings. Did Vatican II, which said that women no longer need to cover their heads during Mass, help normalize w…

Posted by /u/bo-bebop

META: Historians of the Bronze Age/Mediterranean cultures, how are we enjoying this sudden influx of Odyssey-related questions?

What are people getting most wrong? Are there any questions that haven’t been asked you’d like to deep dive into? Any thoughts on the movie?

Posted by /u/FunYesterday4511

How did the Nazis identify Jews if they didn't the wear Star of David badge?

I know that during WW2, Jewish citizens were forced to wear identifiers on their clothing to show that they were Jewish. How did they (the Nazis) know which people were Jews and how did they enforce the wearing of the star? And if they refused to wear the star, how would anyone…

Posted by /u/SnortingCoffee

Why did the Germans not demand greater concessions following the Franco-Prussian war? If they had won essentially a complete victory, why did they settle for Alsace–Lorraine rather than demanding control over all of France?

Posted by /u/ArgentineBeauty

Nigeria has completed 23 solar mini-grids with UN development support, and they are now 100% operational, bringing electricity to 50,000 people across more than 20,000 households and powering rural businesses, schools, healthcare facilitie…

Posted by /u/yaymukund_

I read a thing that said South Indian languages (e.g. Tamil, Kannada, Telegu) have curved scripts because they were written on leaves and writing straight lines was more likely to tear the leaves. Is that true?