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How did tank crews in WWII live in the field?

238 upvotes • hatecopsandcats

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Were the Anglo-Saxon invasions a catastrophic event that changed the face of England, or were they fairly insignificant outside of the effect on the language?

238 upvotes • Astrokiwi

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What were the suicide rates 200 years back globally? Is there a site that has statistics for each decade in the past 200 years?

238 upvotes • jaberwockie

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Diarmaid MacCulloch writes in his book "Christianity" that in the 13th century, "A knowledge of Latin would be enough to make one understood by everyone who mattered in society from Stockholm to Seville. When did this cease to be the case, especially among the upper classes?

238 upvotes • Illini2011

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Did American Indians who went to war with the United States expect to win, or were they choosing to die on their feet rather than live on their knees?

238 upvotes • 124876720

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If purple paint was so rare and expensive, why not just mix blue and red?

238 upvotes • i-feed-you-my-shit

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Why has the Welsh language survived much better than Scottish Gaelic, despite Wales having been dominated by the English for well over 1000 years?

237 upvotes • fluntcap

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Why did the Soviets do so badly in Finland during WWII?

237 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why were the Germans allowed to keep an army when the Japanese weren't after WWII?

237 upvotes • DavidA320

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What is the genesis of anti-homosexuality?

237 upvotes • gravitationaltim

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did tank crews in WWII live in the field?	238	hatecopsandcats
Were the Anglo-Saxon invasions a catastrophic event that changed the face of England, or were they fairly insignificant outside of the effect on the language?	238	Astrokiwi
What were the suicide rates 200 years back globally? Is there a site that has statistics for each decade in the past 200 years?	238	jaberwockie
Diarmaid MacCulloch writes in his book "Christianity" that in the 13th century, "A knowledge of Latin would be enough to make one understood by everyone who mattered in society from Stockholm to Seville. When did this cease to be the case, especially among the upper classes?	238	Illini2011
Did American Indians who went to war with the United States expect to win, or were they choosing to die on their feet rather than live on their knees?	238	124876720
If purple paint was so rare and expensive, why not just mix blue and red?	238	i-feed-you-my-shit
Why has the Welsh language survived much better than Scottish Gaelic, despite Wales having been dominated by the English for well over 1000 years?	237	fluntcap
Why did the Soviets do so badly in Finland during WWII?	237	[deleted]
Why were the Germans allowed to keep an army when the Japanese weren't after WWII?	237	DavidA320
What is the genesis of anti-homosexuality?	237	gravitationaltim