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What happened to those that resisted the Japanese internment camps in America during WW2

353 upvotes • Teakinesis

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Back in high school, I have been taught that the Netherlands (6m inhabitants at the time) took in over 1m mostly Belgian refugees during the first world war. Did the sudden increase in people lead to any troubles regarding basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing?

353 upvotes • MartijnCvB

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What are the origins of European royalty? How did they attain power after the collapse of western Rome?

353 upvotes • atroyn

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Scandinavians before the Viking Age, what do we know? Do we know anything? Lets find out!

353 upvotes • mag_gent

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How common was sexual violence (rape, sexual enslavement) towards local men by conquering armies during antiquity?

353 upvotes • OnkelMickwald

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Noticed lots of outhouses of the 18th-19th centuries, even those at Washington's Mount Vernon, had space for two or more simultaneous occupants. Was defecating really a shared experience?

353 upvotes • retina54

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How much would a trip like that of Magellan or Columbus have cost?

353 upvotes • justshowmethecarsnax

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Why did the Catholic Church decide that priests should be celibate?

353 upvotes • ArrantPariah

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Every once in a while a website will claim that teeth extracted from dead soldiers at Waterloo supplied dentures across Europe for years. Is this a myth, and moreover why does it seem only Waterloo gets this treatment, as opposed to bigger Napoleonic battles like Wagram or Leipzig?

353 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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What did we not know about Titanic that the discovery of the wreck revealed?

353 upvotes • white_genocidist

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to those that resisted the Japanese internment camps in America during WW2	353	Teakinesis
Back in high school, I have been taught that the Netherlands (6m inhabitants at the time) took in over 1m mostly Belgian refugees during the first world war. Did the sudden increase in people lead to any troubles regarding basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing?	353	MartijnCvB
What are the origins of European royalty? How did they attain power after the collapse of western Rome?	353	atroyn
Scandinavians before the Viking Age, what do we know? Do we know anything? Lets find out!	353	mag_gent
How common was sexual violence (rape, sexual enslavement) towards local men by conquering armies during antiquity?	353	OnkelMickwald
Noticed lots of outhouses of the 18th-19th centuries, even those at Washington's Mount Vernon, had space for two or more simultaneous occupants. Was defecating really a shared experience?	353	retina54
How much would a trip like that of Magellan or Columbus have cost?	353	justshowmethecarsnax
Why did the Catholic Church decide that priests should be celibate?	353	ArrantPariah
Every once in a while a website will claim that teeth extracted from dead soldiers at Waterloo supplied dentures across Europe for years. Is this a myth, and moreover why does it seem only Waterloo gets this treatment, as opposed to bigger Napoleonic battles like Wagram or Leipzig?	353	EnclavedMicrostate
What did we not know about Titanic that the discovery of the wreck revealed?	353	white_genocidist