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How the heck did people survive in prehistoric times when they had babies?!

3480 upvotes • EpicBlueDrop

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In 1956, Guy Mollet, the French Prime Minister, proposed the union between the UK and France with Queen Elizabeth becoming the head of both states. What exactly was the proposal? What was the context of it? How realistic was it?

3479 upvotes • Kerkinitis

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Alexander the Great's invasion of India gets no mention in Indian sources, all our knowledge of it comes from Greek sources. Are records lost or did Indian historians consider it unimportant?

3476 upvotes • AJ_24601

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In 2000, Kazakhstan alerted the world to the existence of Stepnogorsk, a former Soviet biological weapons lab removed from the map. Enough antrax was produced here to wipe out all life on Earth several times over. What is the history behind American and Soviet biological weapons development?

3474 upvotes • George_S_Patton_III

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How did grandmas seemingly worldwide come to learn to put sewing supplies in those blue Danish cookie tins?

3473 upvotes • daamen10

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How was Andorra, a country right inbetween France and Spain with fewer than 200 sq mi / 500 sq km and just 77 000 residents, able to stay sovereign?

3470 upvotes • Prace_Ace

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In 1997, the Prime Minister of Papau New Guinea (PNG) hired UK mercenaries to retake a rebellious PNG island. The military instead arrested the mercenaries, and a political crisis erupted. Could someone explain what happened? And how did the West (especially the UK) react to this?

3469 upvotes • ajbrown141

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Can the mods flair posts when the question has an acceptable answer?

3468 upvotes • EstebanTrabajos

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Why did CIA not succeed in toppling Cuba's communist government under Castro, but succeeded in masterminding/executing/assisting coups in a large number of Central and South American countries? What human/cultural/historic/socioeconomic factors made Cuba particularly tough to crack for CIA?

3468 upvotes • uw888

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At the end of Schindler's List, it depicts all the factory workers and guards listening to Churchill's victory speech. Is this how the people of the Third Reich learnt about their unconditional surrender, or was this made up by Spielberg?

3463 upvotes • Mackteague

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How the heck did people survive in prehistoric times when they had babies?!	3480	EpicBlueDrop
In 1956, Guy Mollet, the French Prime Minister, proposed the union between the UK and France with Queen Elizabeth becoming the head of both states. What exactly was the proposal? What was the context of it? How realistic was it?	3479	Kerkinitis
Alexander the Great's invasion of India gets no mention in Indian sources, all our knowledge of it comes from Greek sources. Are records lost or did Indian historians consider it unimportant?	3476	AJ_24601
In 2000, Kazakhstan alerted the world to the existence of Stepnogorsk, a former Soviet biological weapons lab removed from the map. Enough antrax was produced here to wipe out all life on Earth several times over. What is the history behind American and Soviet biological weapons development?	3474	George_S_Patton_III
How did grandmas seemingly worldwide come to learn to put sewing supplies in those blue Danish cookie tins?	3473	daamen10
How was Andorra, a country right inbetween France and Spain with fewer than 200 sq mi / 500 sq km and just 77 000 residents, able to stay sovereign?	3470	Prace_Ace
In 1997, the Prime Minister of Papau New Guinea (PNG) hired UK mercenaries to retake a rebellious PNG island. The military instead arrested the mercenaries, and a political crisis erupted. Could someone explain what happened? And how did the West (especially the UK) react to this?	3469	ajbrown141
Can the mods flair posts when the question has an acceptable answer?	3468	EstebanTrabajos
Why did CIA not succeed in toppling Cuba's communist government under Castro, but succeeded in masterminding/executing/assisting coups in a large number of Central and South American countries? What human/cultural/historic/socioeconomic factors made Cuba particularly tough to crack for CIA?	3468	uw888
At the end of Schindler's List, it depicts all the factory workers and guards listening to Churchill's victory speech. Is this how the people of the Third Reich learnt about their unconditional surrender, or was this made up by Spielberg?	3463	Mackteague