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Why did the remilitirization of the Rhineland not elicit a more aggressive response from France? Was France unfit for military operations against Germany, or is there another reason?

328 upvotes • [deleted]

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I read once that several villages in Europe whose population had been wiped out by the Black Death were rediscovered in WWII due to air recon photos. Were these villages ever excavated or examined?

328 upvotes • saddetective87

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How accurate is Noam Chomsky's claim that "If the Nuremberg Laws were applied, every postwar president would have been hanged?"

328 upvotes • funwiththoughts

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Was there an awkward period of time when it become known that "hysteria" was just sexual dissatisfaction, where a bunch of women who had been treated for hysteria suddenly found out they were just masturbating? If so, how did the people involved react? NSFW

328 upvotes • sixtyearths

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How Latinized was western North Africa before the Arab conquest of the region?

328 upvotes • Dragonsandman

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On the Wikipedia page for the One-sex and two-sex theory, it says that "Gender, prior to the eighteenth century, was not prescribed upon individual; a man could be physically male, but he could have a feminine gender identity." How true is this?

328 upvotes • SantiGE

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What was it like to run a family restaurant in south in 1960 if you were not a racist and wanted to serve everyone who walks in through the door as best you can?

328 upvotes • I_love_swiss_cheese

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We have the Nobel prize, the Oscars, the Pulitzer, but go back 500 years +, how did those who excelled in their field prove their worth? Are awards (other than athletic) as such, a modern construct?

328 upvotes • madeanaccountfinalee

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To what extent are the noblility of the early middle ages the descendants of the Curiales and nobility of the Roman empire? Were old Roman elites displaced wholesale, or did this class largely adapt to the changing world?

328 upvotes • gnikivar2

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Was Prussia really as uniquely militarised as popularly imagined?

328 upvotes • megami-hime

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Why did the remilitirization of the Rhineland not elicit a more aggressive response from France? Was France unfit for military operations against Germany, or is there another reason?	328	[deleted]
I read once that several villages in Europe whose population had been wiped out by the Black Death were rediscovered in WWII due to air recon photos. Were these villages ever excavated or examined?	328	saddetective87
How accurate is Noam Chomsky's claim that "If the Nuremberg Laws were applied, every postwar president would have been hanged?"	328	funwiththoughts
Was there an awkward period of time when it become known that "hysteria" was just sexual dissatisfaction, where a bunch of women who had been treated for hysteria suddenly found out they were just masturbating? If so, how did the people involved react? NSFW	328	sixtyearths
How Latinized was western North Africa before the Arab conquest of the region?	328	Dragonsandman
On the Wikipedia page for the One-sex and two-sex theory, it says that "Gender, prior to the eighteenth century, was not prescribed upon individual; a man could be physically male, but he could have a feminine gender identity." How true is this?	328	SantiGE
What was it like to run a family restaurant in south in 1960 if you were not a racist and wanted to serve everyone who walks in through the door as best you can?	328	I_love_swiss_cheese
We have the Nobel prize, the Oscars, the Pulitzer, but go back 500 years +, how did those who excelled in their field prove their worth? Are awards (other than athletic) as such, a modern construct?	328	madeanaccountfinalee
To what extent are the noblility of the early middle ages the descendants of the Curiales and nobility of the Roman empire? Were old Roman elites displaced wholesale, or did this class largely adapt to the changing world?	328	gnikivar2
Was Prussia really as uniquely militarised as popularly imagined?	328	megami-hime