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Was the Austro-Hungarian Empire really on the verge of collapsing or was that propoganda by the Triple Entente? What were the reasons (or propoganda reasons) as to why the Empire was about to collapse?

241 upvotes • Scottish_Prussian

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What was Hitler's beef with the Habsburgs?

241 upvotes • Top_Reference8836

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How are Finns and Estonians different from other European peoples?

240 upvotes • tareqkatbi1

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Why is the rock scene almost exclusively white and male? What ever happened to the blacks? (Especially 60s and 70s)

240 upvotes • miaomiao

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What was the South's perception of John Wilkes Booth? Was he largely seen as a hero after the assassination or did southerners feel he hurt reconstruction efforts?

240 upvotes • a_gingeryeti

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Why was America the only wealthy country never to develop socialized medicine as a right?

240 upvotes • MaesterBarth

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In Mad Men, a character adopts a new identity simply by taking a dead soldiers dog tags during the Korean war. Would this have been possible in the 1950?

240 upvotes • Hawkguys_Bow

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When the Internet went "online," how did they get people to start using it?

240 upvotes • rimeroyal

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I found this really interesting quote about the black death while doing some research, and would like some context/help understanding it (can't fit it in the title)

240 upvotes • Imrightanduknowit

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When did white bread begin to replace brown bread as the preferred choice of the British working classes? Why was brown bread more popular with workers before?

240 upvotes • prole_doorstep

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was the Austro-Hungarian Empire really on the verge of collapsing or was that propoganda by the Triple Entente? What were the reasons (or propoganda reasons) as to why the Empire was about to collapse?	241	Scottish_Prussian
What was Hitler's beef with the Habsburgs?	241	Top_Reference8836
How are Finns and Estonians different from other European peoples?	240	tareqkatbi1
Why is the rock scene almost exclusively white and male? What ever happened to the blacks? (Especially 60s and 70s)	240	miaomiao
What was the South's perception of John Wilkes Booth? Was he largely seen as a hero after the assassination or did southerners feel he hurt reconstruction efforts?	240	a_gingeryeti
Why was America the only wealthy country never to develop socialized medicine as a right?	240	MaesterBarth
In Mad Men, a character adopts a new identity simply by taking a dead soldiers dog tags during the Korean war. Would this have been possible in the 1950?	240	Hawkguys_Bow
When the Internet went "online," how did they get people to start using it?	240	rimeroyal
I found this really interesting quote about the black death while doing some research, and would like some context/help understanding it (can't fit it in the title)	240	Imrightanduknowit
When did white bread begin to replace brown bread as the preferred choice of the British working classes? Why was brown bread more popular with workers before?	240	prole_doorstep