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The Confederate Army drank copious amounts of coffee, with soldiers' rations including up to 10 cups a day's worth. Did that coffee come from Brazil, and, if so, did Brazilian coffee plantation owners offer any kind of discount or donation to a fellow slave society fighting an existential war?

559 upvotes • Acidnapper

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Why did Romans use an Eagle as their emblem rather than a Wolf?

559 upvotes • got_erps

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We imagine hunter-gatherer life as unchanging for millennia, but what has actually changed in the lifestyles of various hunter-gatherer groups since the stone age?

559 upvotes • VelvetPenis

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Why did the Mongols not advance further into Europe?

559 upvotes • JoeKn84

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Could the Romans have build a steam engine? The Byzantines or maybe the Chinese? What technologies are needed to build a steam engine and when was the earliest that one could have been built?

558 upvotes • [deleted]

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How frequently did rape occur among prisoners/slaves on slave-ships?

558 upvotes • digiskunk

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Wednesday AMA: Hi guys, I'm Beck2012 and you can AMA about history of Cambodia and Malaysia!

558 upvotes • Beck2012

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In times of war, do the attacking forces generally try to avoid cultural icons like Big Ben or the Cologne Cathedral, or are they treated like every other structure and subject to bombing raids, etc?

558 upvotes • st1tchy

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Are there any mass graves or other physical evidence left over from the Great Leap Forward?

558 upvotes • UshankaCzar

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"Courage" by Dorothy Cameron Disney: an obcure American WWII Story in Chinese middle school literature textbook that influenced a generation. Anyone know more about this piece?

558 upvotes • leokorea

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The Confederate Army drank copious amounts of coffee, with soldiers' rations including up to 10 cups a day's worth. Did that coffee come from Brazil, and, if so, did Brazilian coffee plantation owners offer any kind of discount or donation to a fellow slave society fighting an existential war?	559	Acidnapper
Why did Romans use an Eagle as their emblem rather than a Wolf?	559	got_erps
We imagine hunter-gatherer life as unchanging for millennia, but what has actually changed in the lifestyles of various hunter-gatherer groups since the stone age?	559	VelvetPenis
Why did the Mongols not advance further into Europe?	559	JoeKn84
Could the Romans have build a steam engine? The Byzantines or maybe the Chinese? What technologies are needed to build a steam engine and when was the earliest that one could have been built?	558	[deleted]
How frequently did rape occur among prisoners/slaves on slave-ships?	558	digiskunk
Wednesday AMA: Hi guys, I'm Beck2012 and you can AMA about history of Cambodia and Malaysia!	558	Beck2012
In times of war, do the attacking forces generally try to avoid cultural icons like Big Ben or the Cologne Cathedral, or are they treated like every other structure and subject to bombing raids, etc?	558	st1tchy
Are there any mass graves or other physical evidence left over from the Great Leap Forward?	558	UshankaCzar
"Courage" by Dorothy Cameron Disney: an obcure American WWII Story in Chinese middle school literature textbook that influenced a generation. Anyone know more about this piece?	558	leokorea