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Humor was frequently used against the Nazis, up to and including the snarky "Nazi" name, formerly a derogatory term for a backwards person. What did Nazi humor look like?

338 upvotes • DGBD

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How did the city of Rome react to the news that Constantinople had been conquered by the Ottomans?

338 upvotes • UnholyDemigod

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Can someone enlighten me about Japan war crime in Dutch East Indies during WW2 and the consequence (for Japan)? NSFW

338 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why is it that Greco-Roman statues of people look so anatomically correct, yet paintings of people from that time up to the 15th century don't?

338 upvotes • JamesMacey66

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Japan's Japanese name is originally from Chinese, and refers to Japan's geographic position relative to China. Has Japan ever considered changing (the characters of) its name?

337 upvotes • Aun-El

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What events are being referenced in the Cranberries song "Zombie", when the lyrics go "It's the same old theme, since 1916", and how are they relevant to the song?

337 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why is World War I, potentially the most important set of events in human history, glossed over or ignored in the American public educational system?

337 upvotes • Abstinence701

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Did any US presidents grapple with the morality of their genocide of Native Americans?

337 upvotes • revenuedrew

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It was once said that 'Where some states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state'. Did Prussia's 18th-century militarism have any origin in its history as the Teutonic state, a polity that was, very literally, an army with a state?

337 upvotes • RhegedHerdwick

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How were ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages dealt with pre-Roe?

337 upvotes • PotentialMessage1694

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Humor was frequently used against the Nazis, up to and including the snarky "Nazi" name, formerly a derogatory term for a backwards person. What did Nazi humor look like?	338	DGBD
How did the city of Rome react to the news that Constantinople had been conquered by the Ottomans?	338	UnholyDemigod
Can someone enlighten me about Japan war crime in Dutch East Indies during WW2 and the consequence (for Japan)? NSFW	338	[deleted]
Why is it that Greco-Roman statues of people look so anatomically correct, yet paintings of people from that time up to the 15th century don't?	338	JamesMacey66
Japan's Japanese name is originally from Chinese, and refers to Japan's geographic position relative to China. Has Japan ever considered changing (the characters of) its name?	337	Aun-El
What events are being referenced in the Cranberries song "Zombie", when the lyrics go "It's the same old theme, since 1916", and how are they relevant to the song?	337	[deleted]
Why is World War I, potentially the most important set of events in human history, glossed over or ignored in the American public educational system?	337	Abstinence701
Did any US presidents grapple with the morality of their genocide of Native Americans?	337	revenuedrew
It was once said that 'Where some states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state'. Did Prussia's 18th-century militarism have any origin in its history as the Teutonic state, a polity that was, very literally, an army with a state?	337	RhegedHerdwick
How were ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages dealt with pre-Roe?	337	PotentialMessage1694