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What's the real skinny on the "Night Witches"?

589 upvotes • Brickie78

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in Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States, Stone makes a claim that the Japanese were trying to surrender, but this information was hidden from Truman so that the generals could test the bomb. Is this true? what evidence supports this?

589 upvotes • BlackSheep717

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Ancient civilisations were built on river floodplains, because of the soil quality. Why didnt the incredibly fertile lands north of the black sea ever become a center of ancient civilisation?

589 upvotes • Jeffery95

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Why was The Grand Duchy of Lithuania only a Duchy despite it size? What would it take for it to have become a Kingdom?

589 upvotes • 0ut_0f_Nowhere

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Is it true that Stalin was forced to enter into a Pact with Germany because his overtures to the west were rejected?

589 upvotes • NicolasOudinot

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Did the historical Jesus exist? Was he an invention of the Roman Empire or a wise and kind man that for some reason became famous? What are the evidences we have for claiming he did or he didn’t exist?

588 upvotes • Crevalco3

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How did the Norse treat people with dwarfism?

588 upvotes • xgeorge

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At what point did 18 years of age become the established limit of adulthood in the eyes of the law?

588 upvotes • xetal1

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On Jan 1 2000 many of us were surprised by the announcement that Boris Yeltsin was stepping down to be replaced by this "Putin" fellow. Should we have seen this coming? Any good reads on how the "transition" occurred?

588 upvotes • VersusWorldChannel

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Did early Muslims consider themselves Christians?

588 upvotes • SadClown1282

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What's the real skinny on the "Night Witches"?	589	Brickie78
in Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States, Stone makes a claim that the Japanese were trying to surrender, but this information was hidden from Truman so that the generals could test the bomb. Is this true? what evidence supports this?	589	BlackSheep717
Ancient civilisations were built on river floodplains, because of the soil quality. Why didnt the incredibly fertile lands north of the black sea ever become a center of ancient civilisation?	589	Jeffery95
Why was The Grand Duchy of Lithuania only a Duchy despite it size? What would it take for it to have become a Kingdom?	589	0ut_0f_Nowhere
Is it true that Stalin was forced to enter into a Pact with Germany because his overtures to the west were rejected?	589	NicolasOudinot
Did the historical Jesus exist? Was he an invention of the Roman Empire or a wise and kind man that for some reason became famous? What are the evidences we have for claiming he did or he didn’t exist?	588	Crevalco3
How did the Norse treat people with dwarfism?	588	xgeorge
At what point did 18 years of age become the established limit of adulthood in the eyes of the law?	588	xetal1
On Jan 1 2000 many of us were surprised by the announcement that Boris Yeltsin was stepping down to be replaced by this "Putin" fellow. Should we have seen this coming? Any good reads on how the "transition" occurred?	588	VersusWorldChannel
Did early Muslims consider themselves Christians?	588	SadClown1282