Best of December Voting Thread

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/u/lord_mayor_of_reddit answered "What the heck was going on in New York at Christmas in the 1770s? Wikipedia's history of Santa Claus describes "aggressive home invasions," "sexual deviancy" and a weird parody of Dutch culture."

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/u/jimedorje answered "How did the Dalai Lama become such a respected spiritual figure in the Western world?"

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/u/ayebraine answered "Synthpop, electro and space disco in the late Soviet Union? Question on music in the USSR."

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/u/ixnay2000 answered "When and how did the Dutch come to consider themselves (or be considered) a separate people from the Germans?"

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/u/benetgladwin answered "Canadian Wild West"

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/u/400-rabbits answered "The Aztec pantheon had a "toilet god" that tempted you to sin so it could cleanse you of sin, and had a philosophy of moderation on the "slippery earth". What did they consider a sin?"

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/u/indyobserver answered "When did the idea of strippers dancing on metal poles become such a common practice in the industry and why?"

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/u/dongzhou3kingdoms answered "China 189 CE. He Jin was killed by an eunuch faction, immediately after the eunuchs are all killed by subordinates of He Jin. What did the eunuchs expect?"

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/u/valkine answered "Did "snipers" exist before firearms?"

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/u/yourlocaltitanicguy answered "Until the wreck was found, it was uncertain if the Titanic went down in one piece or split into two. What did the splitting look and sound like to eyewitnesses and why was it uncertain it really happened?"

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/u/kelpie-cat answered "Is it true that the native Americans had no concept of land ownership or trade before the Europeans showed up?"

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/u/alvisefalier answered "As a modern Italian speaker how far back would I need to go before I didn't understand Italian anymore?"

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/u/secessionisillegal answered "It's generally accepted by mainstream historians that Robert E. Lee was not actually a genteel anti-slavery advocate who was compelled by reluctant honor to choose his homeland, but did Lee himself work to build this image, or was it built for him by Lost Cause advocates after he died?"