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Welcome your new moderators!

267 upvotes • Elm11

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How come I rarely, if ever, see photos of WWII Red Army soldiers wearing helmets? It's always soft hats.

267 upvotes • MistaPitts

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In his novel "V", Thomas Pynchon suggests mass rape and sexual slavery were part of an expressed German policy in the 1904 genocide of the Herero and Namaqua. Is this accurate? NSFW

267 upvotes • Vladith

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In what ways were the post-Roman kingdoms in the 5th century not 'Roman' in nature?

267 upvotes • 3hunna300

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What is your 'go to' story from history to tell at parties? | Floating Feature

267 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Was Dungeons & Dragons being original when it came out?

267 upvotes • watercolor_ghost

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How did doctors close internal injuries before the invention of dissolvable stitches?

267 upvotes • DrPantaleon

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Why did Russian life expectancy drop massively in 1993?

267 upvotes • gmanflnj

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In Assassin's Creed: Origins, a ship captain and one of his crewmembers are shown playing a board game that uses two pawns on a round board. What game is this?

267 upvotes • IlluminatiRex

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Why exactly does Kurdistan not exist?

267 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Welcome your new moderators!	267	Elm11
How come I rarely, if ever, see photos of WWII Red Army soldiers wearing helmets? It's always soft hats.	267	MistaPitts
In his novel "V", Thomas Pynchon suggests mass rape and sexual slavery were part of an expressed German policy in the 1904 genocide of the Herero and Namaqua. Is this accurate? NSFW	267	Vladith
In what ways were the post-Roman kingdoms in the 5th century not 'Roman' in nature?	267	3hunna300
What is your 'go to' story from history to tell at parties? \| Floating Feature	267	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Was Dungeons & Dragons being original when it came out?	267	watercolor_ghost
How did doctors close internal injuries before the invention of dissolvable stitches?	267	DrPantaleon
Why did Russian life expectancy drop massively in 1993?	267	gmanflnj
In Assassin's Creed: Origins, a ship captain and one of his crewmembers are shown playing a board game that uses two pawns on a round board. What game is this?	267	IlluminatiRex
Why exactly does Kurdistan not exist?	267	The_Manchurian