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In Apocalypse Now Redux there is a scene at a French rubber plantation near the Cambodian border. Were there any French plantations in Vietnam in the 1970's?

135 upvotes • freewheelinCW

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Why did the founding fathers not make America a parliamentary republic?

135 upvotes • justalurkingredditor

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Is there any connection between Gothic Architecture and Goths (Visigoths or Ostrogoths)?

135 upvotes • am_i_here

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Is the U.S. Civil War uniquely famous among the world's civil wars?

135 upvotes • a_simple_lampoon

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How many people would a knight, who lived during during wartime, have killed during his life?

135 upvotes • bentheiii

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How were women in the Soviet Military treated by men during WW2?

135 upvotes • Hitty40

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How likely was it for skirmishers to survive battles during ancient warfare between armies with similar technologies? Who are some notable survivors recorded to be great warriors, without too much exaggeration?

135 upvotes • Tigerkix

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To what extent did Jewish people living in Europe consider themselves part of a single Jewish people or common Jewish identity that transcended their different nationalities prior to the late 19th century?

135 upvotes • ItspronouncedGruh-an

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During the Age Of Crazy Maps, how did rulers like Charles V control exclave lands that were distant, scattered, nearer to rivals, and sometimes even different languages/faiths? This seems impossible even for a modern state. Was respect for succession really the only force resisting "blobification"?

135 upvotes • Starbuckrogers

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How much truth is there to Hessian officer Johann Heinrich's 1778 statement: "Call it not an American rebellion; it is nothing more or less than an Irish Scotch (Scotch-Irish) Presbyterian rebellion."

135 upvotes • joepyeweed

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In Apocalypse Now Redux there is a scene at a French rubber plantation near the Cambodian border. Were there any French plantations in Vietnam in the 1970's?	135	freewheelinCW
Why did the founding fathers not make America a parliamentary republic?	135	justalurkingredditor
Is there any connection between Gothic Architecture and Goths (Visigoths or Ostrogoths)?	135	am_i_here
Is the U.S. Civil War uniquely famous among the world's civil wars?	135	a_simple_lampoon
How many people would a knight, who lived during during wartime, have killed during his life?	135	bentheiii
How were women in the Soviet Military treated by men during WW2?	135	Hitty40
How likely was it for skirmishers to survive battles during ancient warfare between armies with similar technologies? Who are some notable survivors recorded to be great warriors, without too much exaggeration?	135	Tigerkix
To what extent did Jewish people living in Europe consider themselves part of a single Jewish people or common Jewish identity that transcended their different nationalities prior to the late 19th century?	135	ItspronouncedGruh-an
During the Age Of Crazy Maps, how did rulers like Charles V control exclave lands that were distant, scattered, nearer to rivals, and sometimes even different languages/faiths? This seems impossible even for a modern state. Was respect for succession really the only force resisting "blobification"?	135	Starbuckrogers
How much truth is there to Hessian officer Johann Heinrich's 1778 statement: "Call it not an American rebellion; it is nothing more or less than an Irish Scotch (Scotch-Irish) Presbyterian rebellion."	135	joepyeweed