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I often see the statement that HMS Dreadnought effectively made all other battleships obsolete. Was it truly this much of an improvement on previous designs?

141 upvotes • heracliusIII

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How did WW2 tactics change after modern anti-tank weapons such as the US Bazooka, the Soviet RPG and the German panzerfaust became more popular in 1942-43 ?

141 upvotes • RutilantBoss

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How did dragon imagery arrive in the UK? As a landmass without any large(ish) reptiles was the dragon imported or did it arise naturally in mythology?

141 upvotes • DownstairsWink

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Is it true that the root of the etymology of "slavic" comes from the word "slave"? Was this name self-applied, or externally applied, to the slavic peoples? Where did it come from, where did they come from, and who were these peoples' oppressors?

141 upvotes • td49999

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For the average Egyptian what would have been the noticeable difference between living at the time of the Old Kingdom compared to in Ptolemaic Egypt?

141 upvotes • candidateHundred

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How did the Portuguese rule and structure their trading posts in Africa and India during the age of exploration and how much autonomy did these trade posts have?

141 upvotes • beaversteve

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Bernie Sanders somewhat famously honeymooned in the Soviet Union, in 1988. How was he able to do this? Would an average citizen been able to travel back and forth from the US and the Soviet Union at this time?

141 upvotes • td4999

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How accurate is the claim that Spartans had lots of gay sex?

141 upvotes • CalixMeusInebrians

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Why are the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocides considered separate events?

141 upvotes • sheehanmilesk

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Did every farming civilization with access to fermentable fruits or grains discover alcohol independently?

141 upvotes • scguy555

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I often see the statement that HMS Dreadnought effectively made all other battleships obsolete. Was it truly this much of an improvement on previous designs?	141	heracliusIII
How did WW2 tactics change after modern anti-tank weapons such as the US Bazooka, the Soviet RPG and the German panzerfaust became more popular in 1942-43 ?	141	RutilantBoss
How did dragon imagery arrive in the UK? As a landmass without any large(ish) reptiles was the dragon imported or did it arise naturally in mythology?	141	DownstairsWink
Is it true that the root of the etymology of "slavic" comes from the word "slave"? Was this name self-applied, or externally applied, to the slavic peoples? Where did it come from, where did they come from, and who were these peoples' oppressors?	141	td49999
For the average Egyptian what would have been the noticeable difference between living at the time of the Old Kingdom compared to in Ptolemaic Egypt?	141	candidateHundred
How did the Portuguese rule and structure their trading posts in Africa and India during the age of exploration and how much autonomy did these trade posts have?	141	beaversteve
Bernie Sanders somewhat famously honeymooned in the Soviet Union, in 1988. How was he able to do this? Would an average citizen been able to travel back and forth from the US and the Soviet Union at this time?	141	td4999
How accurate is the claim that Spartans had lots of gay sex?	141	CalixMeusInebrians
Why are the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocides considered separate events?	141	sheehanmilesk
Did every farming civilization with access to fermentable fruits or grains discover alcohol independently?	141	scguy555