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The American-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion force, which landed in Cuba, was too small to hold territory. Success depended on a large-scale Cuban uprising once they made it ashore. Did the Americans think this was realistic or likely? It seems like gambling on an unlikely outcome .

234 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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did ben franklin ever talk about chili?

234 upvotes • vcooldog

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Why/How did the Japan go from having the best treatment of POW in ww1 to the absolutely horrible treatment of PoW in WW2?

234 upvotes • NightspawnsonofLuna

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What role did the Palestinians' ancestors play in the Jewish-Roman Wars? Were they on the sidelines? Not present at all?

234 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Did girls menstruate later in the past?

234 upvotes • CommercialMap8755

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Are there any records on how long have we been pulling out peoples wisdom teeth, and is there a history behind the word wisdom teeth is self?

233 upvotes • abbbe91

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How did the Franco era in Spanish literature become so associated with childhood and magical realism?

233 upvotes • OmnivorousWelles

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It's 1943 in Warsaw. I've hidden a Jew in my house, but they've died. What do I do now?

233 upvotes • nix-xon

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Were there swordsmiths in the European tradition as legendary as Japanese swordsmiths like Masamune?

233 upvotes • wesbell

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Spain and Portugal are the only developed nations that still have somewhat large informal slums, with most other nations demolishing their slum areas by the 1970s. What are the historical reasons for this?

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The American-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion force, which landed in Cuba, was too small to hold territory. Success depended on a large-scale Cuban uprising once they made it ashore. Did the Americans think this was realistic or likely? It seems like gambling on an unlikely outcome .	234	RusticBohemian
did ben franklin ever talk about chili?	234	vcooldog
Why/How did the Japan go from having the best treatment of POW in ww1 to the absolutely horrible treatment of PoW in WW2?	234	NightspawnsonofLuna
What role did the Palestinians' ancestors play in the Jewish-Roman Wars? Were they on the sidelines? Not present at all?	234	RusticBohemian
Did girls menstruate later in the past?	234	CommercialMap8755
Are there any records on how long have we been pulling out peoples wisdom teeth, and is there a history behind the word wisdom teeth is self?	233	abbbe91
How did the Franco era in Spanish literature become so associated with childhood and magical realism?	233	OmnivorousWelles
It's 1943 in Warsaw. I've hidden a Jew in my house, but they've died. What do I do now?	233	nix-xon
Were there swordsmiths in the European tradition as legendary as Japanese swordsmiths like Masamune?	233	wesbell
Spain and Portugal are the only developed nations that still have somewhat large informal slums, with most other nations demolishing their slum areas by the 1970s. What are the historical reasons for this?	233	[deleted]