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  1. Poll - Jan 17, 2019 - Jan 20, 2021

    By DonRocks,   
    • 13 replies
    • 33.4k views

  2. Memorizing The States Bordering The Mississippi River In 60 Seconds Or Less

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 10.4k views

  3. The 110 Provinces and 20 Regions of Italy

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 9.9k views

  4. Mexico aka United Mexican States aka Estados Unidos Mexicanos (1917-) - Our Southern Neighbor, and the 13th-Largest Country in the World

    By DonRocks,   
    • 13 replies
    • 5.6k views

  5. The 101 Departments and 27, Nope, Make That 18 Regions of France

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 4.9k views

  6. CONGRATULATIONS, PRESIDENT OBAMA

    By DonRocks,
    • 44 replies
    • 4.6k views

  7. The Woodstock Music & Art Fair - August 15-18, 1969 in Bethel, NY

    By DaveO,   
    • 15 replies
    • 3.7k views

  8. Dower Slaves

    By DonRocks,   
    • 4 replies
    • 3.4k views

  9. U.S. Senators and Elections - A History of States, Names, and Dates

    By DonRocks,   
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views

  10. Is Alan Dershowitz Correct About "Sticking Needles Under Terrorists' Fingernails?"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 18 replies
    • 2k views

  11. Which Countries in the Western Hemisphere are Landlocked?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 8 replies
    • 1.7k views

  12. Christopher Langan (1952-) - A Bouncer, with One of the Highest IQs in the World

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views

  13. 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe - The Most Beautiful "American" Car Ever Made?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views

  14. Southern Illinois - Known as "Little Egypt," but Why?

    By Al Dente,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views

  15. The Height of Buildings Acts (1910 and 1899) - Limiting the Heights of Washington, DC Buildings

    By DonRocks,   
    • 8 replies
    • 1.4k views

  16. Debate: James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley on "The American Dream at The Expense of The American Negro" (1965)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views

  17. Lt. William Calley and the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam

    By DonRocks,   
    • 15 replies
    • 1.3k views

  18. Timeline

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views

  19. On A W.H.I.M. (Weather, Silo-Stored, Interception, Guided Missile)

    By porcupine,   
    • 23 replies
    • 1.2k views

  20. Area Codes, Part Of The "North American Numbering Plan" Of 1947

    By DonRocks,   
    • 14 replies
    • 1.2k views

  21. China (221 BC-), The Most Populous, and Fourth-Largest Country in the World

    By DonRocks,   
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views

  22. The Rockwell Paternal Lineage - Dating Back to the 1500s

    By DonRocks,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views

  23. 1944 New York Times Article Explains What Pizza Is to New York, America, and the World

    By Rhone1998,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1.1k views

  24. World War I (Jul 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918), U.S. Involvement (Apr 6, 1917 - Nov 11, 1918) - Thirty Countries Involved

    By DaveO,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1k views

  25. Graham Island - A Volcanic Island Off Sicily That Last Appeared In 1831

    By Al Dente,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views

  26. Brunch (1896) - A Historical, Geographical, Demographic, and Religious Analysis

    By DaveO,   
    • 4 replies
    • 948 views

  27. As Time Goes By - A Year-By-Year History of the World by Our Members

    By DonRocks,   
    • 4 replies
    • 917 views

  28. Calling "The Time" (TI4-) and "The Weather" (WE6-)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 877 views

  29. Dred Scott (1799c-1858), Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), Oliver Brown (1918-1961), Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), and Ali Mansur ibn Sharrieff (1978-2004)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 875 views

  30. Why Does Brazil Speak Portuguese And Not Spanish?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 855 views

  31. "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?" 1884 U.S. Presidential Rallying Cry, Anti-Grover Cleveland

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 834 views

  32. Merrick Garland - the Forgotten Supreme Court Nominee (2016)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 10 replies
    • 833 views

  33. The "Trusty System" of Running Prisons - Abolished in 1971 by Gates v. Collier

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views

  34. Name The U.S. State(s) That Are Furthest North, East, South, and West

    By DonRocks,   
    • 4 replies
    • 818 views

  35. The Wakhan Corridor and The Great Game (1813-1907)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 793 views

  36. The Two Largest Lakes Contained Entirely Within Canadian Borders

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 791 views

  37. Confucius (551 - 479 BC) - a Chinese Teacher, Philosopher, Editor, and Politician During the Zhou Dynasty

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 785 views

  38. The Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 - the Most Catastrophic Snowstorm in Washington, DC History

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 784 views

  39. Juneteenth (1865)

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 780 views

  40. The Air Florida Flight #90 Crash on the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, DC, Jan 13, 1982

    By johnb,   
    • 5 replies
    • 770 views

  41. The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748) - War Between Great Britain and Spain

    By Al Dente,   
    • 1 reply
    • 766 views

  42. "Revisiting The Fall of Saigon 40 Years Later" - A Blog Post by Cookbook Author Andrea Nguyen

    By Tweaked,   
    • 10 replies
    • 763 views

  43. Unelected Presidents - Those Who Held Office Without Winning The Election

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 760 views

  44. Pablo Escobar (1949-1994) - The Wealthiest Criminal in World History who Once Supplied 80% of the U.S.A.'s Cocaine

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 757 views

  45. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) and "Our Captain" in the Civil War

    By The Hersch,   
    • 6 replies
    • 757 views

  46. What Were the U.S. Presidents' Previous Offices before Becoming U.S. President?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 742 views

  47. Cemeteries, Windows into our Past - Sometimes Beautiful, Sometimes Ugly, But Always Interesting

    By Pool Boy,   
    • 7 replies
    • 730 views

  48. The Pig War - An 1859 Bloodless Confrontation Between The U.S. and the British Empire Over the San Juan Islands

    By Al Dente,   
    • 1 reply
    • 717 views

  49. The Darién Gap - 100 Miles of Forest Interrupting the 19,000-Mile Pan-American Highway

    By Al Dente,   
    • 6 replies
    • 703 views

  50. The Protestant Reformation (October 31, 1517) - Started By A Note Posted By Martin Luther

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 690 views
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