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In Les Miserables, they showed a whole bunch of prisoners pulling a giant boat into a dock space. Did they really do this as punishment in France? How many men was required to do this?

249 upvotes • Bluetoast2

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Why was Czechoslovakia created as a union between the Czechs and Slovakians?

249 upvotes • hitchmark

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How true is this TIL that Japanese surrender may have been due in part to a captured pilot confessing that the US had 100's of atomic bombs

249 upvotes • ytruhg

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Were prisoners in Nazi concentration camps separated by race or "crime" or were they all lumped together?

249 upvotes • _Search_

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To what extent were certain weapons be considered "legendary" in Medieval society? Did people think their ruler's sword had certain powers or was high-quality weaponry mainly symbolic?

249 upvotes • griffers

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Why does Great Britain and United States have completely different methods of butchering and completely different cuts of meat?

249 upvotes • discountwilderbeast

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Do we know any more today about what the last hours of Laika, the first dog in space, were like?

249 upvotes • neshalchanderman

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How did the 18th/19th century military stay fit?

249 upvotes • Sjw13

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Historian's with a specialty in religion, how have your studies impacted your faith?

249 upvotes • deadrabbits76

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During the golden age of piracy, where did most pirates actually live when they weren't at sea? What were the pirate cities like?

249 upvotes • macrowive

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In Les Miserables, they showed a whole bunch of prisoners pulling a giant boat into a dock space. Did they really do this as punishment in France? How many men was required to do this?	249	Bluetoast2
Why was Czechoslovakia created as a union between the Czechs and Slovakians?	249	hitchmark
How true is this TIL that Japanese surrender may have been due in part to a captured pilot confessing that the US had 100's of atomic bombs	249	ytruhg
Were prisoners in Nazi concentration camps separated by race or "crime" or were they all lumped together?	249	_Search_
To what extent were certain weapons be considered "legendary" in Medieval society? Did people think their ruler's sword had certain powers or was high-quality weaponry mainly symbolic?	249	griffers
Why does Great Britain and United States have completely different methods of butchering and completely different cuts of meat?	249	discountwilderbeast
Do we know any more today about what the last hours of Laika, the first dog in space, were like?	249	neshalchanderman
How did the 18th/19th century military stay fit?	249	Sjw13
Historian's with a specialty in religion, how have your studies impacted your faith?	249	deadrabbits76
During the golden age of piracy, where did most pirates actually live when they weren't at sea? What were the pirate cities like?	249	macrowive