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There is any historical event that gives you hope about a better future for our world?

84 upvotes • chidi-sins

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Why didn't the United States leverage their possession of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II, when the USSR had not yet developed its own, to limit Soviet influence over other countries and reduce Soviet decisional power in global geopolitics?

80 upvotes • Technical_Ad_4299

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What historical figure is unfairly maligned? (With the exception of dictators such as Stalin)

71 upvotes • FakeElectionMaker

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most colonized country

71 upvotes • vienneden

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In the Southern states before and during the American Civil War, were slave owners allowed to publicly brutally murder their slaves just for fun?

64 upvotes • SWR1000

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Were Franco and Pilsudski the only two military dictators with the best military command skills among the military dictators of the 20th century?

60 upvotes • SWR1000

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In your opinion which love affair was the most humorously disastrous in human history?

53 upvotes • Yourconnect_

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What is considered a patient that "can't be transported"?

51 upvotes • Icy-Egg-3032

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Before the quick surrender of France in 1940, how did the belligerents expect the western front to turn out ?

47 upvotes • chxmm99

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What non documentary television show or movie is the most historically accurate and why?

45 upvotes • Razorthemad

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
There is any historical event that gives you hope about a better future for our world?	84	chidi-sins
Why didn't the United States leverage their possession of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II, when the USSR had not yet developed its own, to limit Soviet influence over other countries and reduce Soviet decisional power in global geopolitics?	80	Technical_Ad_4299
What historical figure is unfairly maligned? (With the exception of dictators such as Stalin)	71	FakeElectionMaker
most colonized country	71	vienneden
In the Southern states before and during the American Civil War, were slave owners allowed to publicly brutally murder their slaves just for fun?	64	SWR1000
Were Franco and Pilsudski the only two military dictators with the best military command skills among the military dictators of the 20th century?	60	SWR1000
In your opinion which love affair was the most humorously disastrous in human history?	53	Yourconnect_
What is considered a patient that "can't be transported"?	51	Icy-Egg-3032
Before the quick surrender of France in 1940, how did the belligerents expect the western front to turn out ?	47	chxmm99
What non documentary television show or movie is the most historically accurate and why?	45	Razorthemad