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"If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world." - Winston Churchill... or did he? Is this a fake quote?

322 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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Why Did "The Economist" Argue That Confederate Victory in the Civil War would Result in Abolition Sooner Than Union Victory? Was This a Widely Held Belief at the Time?

322 upvotes • V_Codwheel

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Does the new U.S. President continue to sleep in the previous President's bed?

322 upvotes • Lusakas

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It seems to me that the core of medieval and early modern towns in continental Western Europe was a square (plaza, market, open space, whatever), while in Britain it was a high street. Is this documented or am I imagining it? And if it's the former, then why the divergence?

322 upvotes • arlinconio

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What was Marshall Zhukov like as a person? NSFW

322 upvotes • EatMyHind

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How did professors assign readings before photocopiers and the internet?

322 upvotes • Thick_Surprise_3530

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When and why did Switzerland become so fiercely neutral?

321 upvotes • octaviusromulus

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Civis romanus sum

321 upvotes • Tergnitz

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Wednesday AMA: I have worked for a decade in museum education, most of that playing an 18th century soldier. Ask me if I'm hot in those clothes!

321 upvotes • TRB1783

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How did French, and not Dutch, become the dominant language in Belgian Congo?

321 upvotes • kuttanpilla

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world." - Winston Churchill... or did he? Is this a fake quote?	322	10z20Luka
Why Did "The Economist" Argue That Confederate Victory in the Civil War would Result in Abolition Sooner Than Union Victory? Was This a Widely Held Belief at the Time?	322	V_Codwheel
Does the new U.S. President continue to sleep in the previous President's bed?	322	Lusakas
It seems to me that the core of medieval and early modern towns in continental Western Europe was a square (plaza, market, open space, whatever), while in Britain it was a high street. Is this documented or am I imagining it? And if it's the former, then why the divergence?	322	arlinconio
What was Marshall Zhukov like as a person? NSFW	322	EatMyHind
How did professors assign readings before photocopiers and the internet?	322	Thick_Surprise_3530
When and why did Switzerland become so fiercely neutral?	321	octaviusromulus
Civis romanus sum	321	Tergnitz
Wednesday AMA: I have worked for a decade in museum education, most of that playing an 18th century soldier. Ask me if I'm hot in those clothes!	321	TRB1783
How did French, and not Dutch, become the dominant language in Belgian Congo?	321	kuttanpilla