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Is there any recorded incident of a bomber dropping a bomb on another airplane mid air?

421 upvotes • aronbang

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Herodotus states that Xerxes' army could drink the rivers dry. This made me think: How clean was the average river in say Asia Minor during that period? Were waterborne illnesses common?

421 upvotes • Seleucids

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It seems that the United States Government from 1789-1933 always intervened in the economy in some way (it’s just that some interventions have actually been for the few instead of the many). Is it a myth that the pre-New Deal government ever had a laissez-faire economic policy?

421 upvotes • drunknobi69

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Nazi Germany obviously ended in 1945. What and who was in charge of Germany in 1946? How were they chosen?

421 upvotes • Bird_TheWarBearer

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How did "quicksand" become a ubiquitous death trap in adventure fiction?

421 upvotes • lcnielsen

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Do We Have Any Native American Accounts of Their Reaction to Alcohol?

421 upvotes • Zeuvembie

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I've heard some activisits claim that the spiritual connotations of the colour white being pure and Godly and the colour black being evil and satanic being birthed from racism. Did native African, American, or Aboriginal religions share this white purity concept or was it in reverse?

421 upvotes • MemeLordArmo

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During the formation of the UN Security Council, the US wanted Brazil as a 6th permanent member. What was going on with Brazil at the time?

421 upvotes • [deleted]

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Is there any merit to the statement "empires actually only last 250 years"?

421 upvotes • Origami_psycho

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why did Rome destroy Carthage? NSFW

421 upvotes • boa_duvet

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there any recorded incident of a bomber dropping a bomb on another airplane mid air?	421	aronbang
Herodotus states that Xerxes' army could drink the rivers dry. This made me think: How clean was the average river in say Asia Minor during that period? Were waterborne illnesses common?	421	Seleucids
It seems that the United States Government from 1789-1933 always intervened in the economy in some way (it’s just that some interventions have actually been for the few instead of the many). Is it a myth that the pre-New Deal government ever had a laissez-faire economic policy?	421	drunknobi69
Nazi Germany obviously ended in 1945. What and who was in charge of Germany in 1946? How were they chosen?	421	Bird_TheWarBearer
How did "quicksand" become a ubiquitous death trap in adventure fiction?	421	lcnielsen
Do We Have Any Native American Accounts of Their Reaction to Alcohol?	421	Zeuvembie
I've heard some activisits claim that the spiritual connotations of the colour white being pure and Godly and the colour black being evil and satanic being birthed from racism. Did native African, American, or Aboriginal religions share this white purity concept or was it in reverse?	421	MemeLordArmo
During the formation of the UN Security Council, the US wanted Brazil as a 6th permanent member. What was going on with Brazil at the time?	421	[deleted]
Is there any merit to the statement "empires actually only last 250 years"?	421	Origami_psycho
why did Rome destroy Carthage? NSFW	421	boa_duvet