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Did the first Australian settlers know that the seasons would be reversed?

329 upvotes • entirelyalive

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How much warning did the peasantry typically have before an army sacked a town in medieval times?

329 upvotes • cokevanillazero

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Were people punished to time in the stocks/pillory subjected to being raped?

329 upvotes • Zjackrum

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When the Arab states controlled the West Bank and Gaza, why did they not grant Palestine a state?

329 upvotes • anywayeveryway

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What was Hitler's plan for Japan if he had succeeded in WWII?

329 upvotes • MoonBasic

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In Band of Brothers, the soldiers of Easy Company force local German civilians to bury the corpses of a discovered concentration camp. Was forcing civilians to bury camp prisoners a widespread practice by the Allied forces? Are there accounts of how German civilians reacted to this practice?

329 upvotes • angryfads

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The Churches in Rome and Constantinople were very different, even before the schism. Were the churches centered in Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem also distinct before they were conquered?

329 upvotes • zachar3

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Where did baklava come from, and which culture invented it?

329 upvotes • fou-lu

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1920s Weimar Republic Cinema : Why did Fritz Lange's Metropolis draw such praise from Nazi figures like Goebbels, despite its anti-authoritarian messages?

329 upvotes • DaCabe

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Did Hitler exploit an already existing genocidal, conspiratorial anti semitism, or to what degree did he convince the German people of it?

329 upvotes • Jewbiedewbie

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the first Australian settlers know that the seasons would be reversed?	329	entirelyalive
How much warning did the peasantry typically have before an army sacked a town in medieval times?	329	cokevanillazero
Were people punished to time in the stocks/pillory subjected to being raped?	329	Zjackrum
When the Arab states controlled the West Bank and Gaza, why did they not grant Palestine a state?	329	anywayeveryway
What was Hitler's plan for Japan if he had succeeded in WWII?	329	MoonBasic
In Band of Brothers, the soldiers of Easy Company force local German civilians to bury the corpses of a discovered concentration camp. Was forcing civilians to bury camp prisoners a widespread practice by the Allied forces? Are there accounts of how German civilians reacted to this practice?	329	angryfads
The Churches in Rome and Constantinople were very different, even before the schism. Were the churches centered in Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem also distinct before they were conquered?	329	zachar3
Where did baklava come from, and which culture invented it?	329	fou-lu
1920s Weimar Republic Cinema : Why did Fritz Lange's Metropolis draw such praise from Nazi figures like Goebbels, despite its anti-authoritarian messages?	329	DaCabe
Did Hitler exploit an already existing genocidal, conspiratorial anti semitism, or to what degree did he convince the German people of it?	329	Jewbiedewbie