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How did post-occupation Japan view Hirohito and were there large groups still loyal to him?

259 upvotes • TheGrimGoodbye

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In WWII, how likely was a tanker crew to survive their tank being knocked out by an enemy tank? Which role sustained the greatest casualties, the driver, gunner, loader or commander?

259 upvotes • IAMARobotBeepBoop

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Gambling has been a part of human culture for thousands of years but the Casino is a modern invention. When was the first large scale gambling industry devised and what were the circumstances that led to it being adopted as a model for modern times?

259 upvotes • YogiBarelyThere

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suppose it's around 1900 and I am the son of an Indian Maharaja sent to England to be educated at a public school and then Oxbridge. Socially Would I be allowed to do all the same things a young English aristocrat would (like joining a gentlemen's club or going to posh Balls etcetera)?

259 upvotes • grapp

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How rare where Africans in Europe during the middle ages and how were they treated/seen by Europeans?

259 upvotes • Hkhjw

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A TIL Post Claims Claudius was the Only Emperor of the First 15 Emperors of Rome to NOT take a Male Lover. Is this true?

259 upvotes • ma582

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Russian Aristocracy after 1917

259 upvotes • GoodyBluesShoes

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Historiography: how responsible has postmodernist theory been in creating the intellectual conditions in which modern Holocaust denial thrives?

259 upvotes • depanneur

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Why doesn't Cuba have a cool "Democratic" or "People's" in its name? Was there a difference between Democratic, People's, and Socialist republics?

259 upvotes • trampabroad

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When someone is buried in the floor of a church (particularly during Renaissance times), what was the procedure? How did they cut the marble, add the stone? Or is the body buried elsewhere and the slab is merely a memorial? Were there particular customs about walking across these burial markers?

259 upvotes • crystallyn

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did post-occupation Japan view Hirohito and were there large groups still loyal to him?	259	TheGrimGoodbye
In WWII, how likely was a tanker crew to survive their tank being knocked out by an enemy tank? Which role sustained the greatest casualties, the driver, gunner, loader or commander?	259	IAMARobotBeepBoop
Gambling has been a part of human culture for thousands of years but the Casino is a modern invention. When was the first large scale gambling industry devised and what were the circumstances that led to it being adopted as a model for modern times?	259	YogiBarelyThere
suppose it's around 1900 and I am the son of an Indian Maharaja sent to England to be educated at a public school and then Oxbridge. Socially Would I be allowed to do all the same things a young English aristocrat would (like joining a gentlemen's club or going to posh Balls etcetera)?	259	grapp
How rare where Africans in Europe during the middle ages and how were they treated/seen by Europeans?	259	Hkhjw
A TIL Post Claims Claudius was the Only Emperor of the First 15 Emperors of Rome to NOT take a Male Lover. Is this true?	259	ma582
Russian Aristocracy after 1917	259	GoodyBluesShoes
Historiography: how responsible has postmodernist theory been in creating the intellectual conditions in which modern Holocaust denial thrives?	259	depanneur
Why doesn't Cuba have a cool "Democratic" or "People's" in its name? Was there a difference between Democratic, People's, and Socialist republics?	259	trampabroad
When someone is buried in the floor of a church (particularly during Renaissance times), what was the procedure? How did they cut the marble, add the stone? Or is the body buried elsewhere and the slab is merely a memorial? Were there particular customs about walking across these burial markers?	259	crystallyn