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Was their any truth to the theory that the American revolution happened because of fear that Britain would enforce Somerset vs Stewart (banning slavery on English soil) on it's colonies?

239 upvotes • Collusus1945

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Was there pro-American propaganda in the USSR during WWII?

239 upvotes • JAZ429

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Did the American public support their government's Cold War foreign policy of propping up brutal dictatorships in regions of interest?

238 upvotes • Mostlyhindsight

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How were empires as big as the Roman or Mongol maintained and run as a single state in an era when communicating to the far reaches would take months?

238 upvotes • PrometheusTitan

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Why is Circumcision So Important in the Bible [NSFW] NSFW

238 upvotes • Old_Man_Barrett

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When and why did Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" become the most popular musical accompaniment for wedding ceremonies?

238 upvotes • Dragonesus

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Before the 19th century, has there ever been a history of weight training to build mass? Did people understand how to build mass and what food to eat to build mass?

238 upvotes • Oriachim

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How did African Americans get out west? Did wagon trains generally permit black people, or did they have to form their own caravans?

238 upvotes • Vladith

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Do we know if the Nazis treated female Soviet Army POWs any differently than the majority of male Soviet POWs?

238 upvotes • HeyLetsNotKillJews

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It is often said that Landsknecht soldiers were exempted from the "harsh sumptuary laws" of the Holy Roman Empire on account of their "brutish and short" lives. What were the sumptuary laws across the HRE in the late 15th and 16th centuries?

238 upvotes • PartyMoses

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was their any truth to the theory that the American revolution happened because of fear that Britain would enforce Somerset vs Stewart (banning slavery on English soil) on it's colonies?	239	Collusus1945
Was there pro-American propaganda in the USSR during WWII?	239	JAZ429
Did the American public support their government's Cold War foreign policy of propping up brutal dictatorships in regions of interest?	238	Mostlyhindsight
How were empires as big as the Roman or Mongol maintained and run as a single state in an era when communicating to the far reaches would take months?	238	PrometheusTitan
Why is Circumcision So Important in the Bible [NSFW] NSFW	238	Old_Man_Barrett
When and why did Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" become the most popular musical accompaniment for wedding ceremonies?	238	Dragonesus
Before the 19th century, has there ever been a history of weight training to build mass? Did people understand how to build mass and what food to eat to build mass?	238	Oriachim
How did African Americans get out west? Did wagon trains generally permit black people, or did they have to form their own caravans?	238	Vladith
Do we know if the Nazis treated female Soviet Army POWs any differently than the majority of male Soviet POWs?	238	HeyLetsNotKillJews
It is often said that Landsknecht soldiers were exempted from the "harsh sumptuary laws" of the Holy Roman Empire on account of their "brutish and short" lives. What were the sumptuary laws across the HRE in the late 15th and 16th centuries?	238	PartyMoses