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Did people carry a form of ID in the nineteenth-century? How likely is it that a criminal could remain ‘at large’ without being identified in the ‘Wild West’ or Victorian England?

288 upvotes • DET_Archetype

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In 1934, Senator Huey Long ordered the Louisiana National Guard into a standoff with the New Orleans police. Was this precedented? What was the popular reaction at the time, in both Louisiana and the United States?

288 upvotes • wmjbyatt

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Why did both the Lithuanian SSR and East Germany refuse to get Kaliningrad/East Prussia when offered?

288 upvotes • luveha

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What's this old, strange political cartoon?

288 upvotes • human_scale

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The great powers declared in 1899 that dropping bombs from hot air balloons is a war crime. Why?

288 upvotes • DuceGiharm

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How big were asses in ancient Rome? NSFW

288 upvotes • Strong-File

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I've got a general question about historiography. How do Historians know when to stop? As in, how do they choose where to define the limits for a particular topic? To my layman mind it seems almost impossible.

288 upvotes • WednesdayThrowItAway

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I need help locating a certain historical picture of British soldiers fighting cat people.. Help?

287 upvotes • SirAndrewTheMad

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How did common people react to the 1054 Schism?

287 upvotes • _pH_

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Why would a tombstone from 1877 say "A McDouble too many"?

287 upvotes • genie_of_the_lamp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did people carry a form of ID in the nineteenth-century? How likely is it that a criminal could remain ‘at large’ without being identified in the ‘Wild West’ or Victorian England?	288	DET_Archetype
In 1934, Senator Huey Long ordered the Louisiana National Guard into a standoff with the New Orleans police. Was this precedented? What was the popular reaction at the time, in both Louisiana and the United States?	288	wmjbyatt
Why did both the Lithuanian SSR and East Germany refuse to get Kaliningrad/East Prussia when offered?	288	luveha
What's this old, strange political cartoon?	288	human_scale
The great powers declared in 1899 that dropping bombs from hot air balloons is a war crime. Why?	288	DuceGiharm
How big were asses in ancient Rome? NSFW	288	Strong-File
I've got a general question about historiography. How do Historians know when to stop? As in, how do they choose where to define the limits for a particular topic? To my layman mind it seems almost impossible.	288	WednesdayThrowItAway
I need help locating a certain historical picture of British soldiers fighting cat people.. Help?	287	SirAndrewTheMad
How did common people react to the 1054 Schism?	287	_pH_
Why would a tombstone from 1877 say "A McDouble too many"?	287	genie_of_the_lamp