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Numerous media of the 90s and 00s make reference to a sense of post-Cold War disillusionment (i.e. "the world doesn't make sense anymore") from American and former Soviet diplomats, military, spies, etc. Was this really a common feeling, or an invention of fiction writers and journalists?

232 upvotes • screwyoushadowban

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In Marty Robbins' anti-communist song "Ain't I right" the singer tells a short story of a person coming to a southern town "to show the folks a brand new way of life". Were there left-wing activists in the Cold War that traveled in the US to promote left wing ideologies?

232 upvotes • GRIG2410

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When did American healthcare begin getting so expensive?

232 upvotes • redwithblackspots527

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When defeated by his foe Yuan Shao, Three Kingdoms-era general Gongsun Zan committed suicide by setting himself on fire after killing nearly his entire family. Was this jaw-dropping act a sign of insanity or does this have some precedent or meaning behind it?

232 upvotes • BTWNM

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I'm a woman in the Bronze Age with no special access to prestige items. Do I own a knife? What kind? What do I use it for?

232 upvotes • eleanor_konik

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Did the US drop a film unit ahead of the D-Day Normandy invasion specifically to film the landings at Omaha Beach?

232 upvotes • ron_leflore

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how come the evacuation of Dunkirk was allowed?

232 upvotes • Steel_stamped_penis

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What caused the Earth Liberation Front and other ecoterrorism to dwindle?

232 upvotes • OnShoulderOfGiants

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What was the American public's reaction to Reagan's firing of 11k ATC workers in 1981? Did this have any economic impacts to the country? Did it cause flight delays? How did all those airports find new employees all of a sudden (or were the fired members quietly rehired)?

232 upvotes • corn_on_the_cobh

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A game like Crusader Kings allows for the adoption of a distinct 'Outremer' culture in the Crusader States. Were there "settled" Crusaders that were appreciably different in their culture and practices to their European origins?

232 upvotes • an_ironic_username

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Numerous media of the 90s and 00s make reference to a sense of post-Cold War disillusionment (i.e. "the world doesn't make sense anymore") from American and former Soviet diplomats, military, spies, etc. Was this really a common feeling, or an invention of fiction writers and journalists?	232	screwyoushadowban
In Marty Robbins' anti-communist song "Ain't I right" the singer tells a short story of a person coming to a southern town "to show the folks a brand new way of life". Were there left-wing activists in the Cold War that traveled in the US to promote left wing ideologies?	232	GRIG2410
When did American healthcare begin getting so expensive?	232	redwithblackspots527
When defeated by his foe Yuan Shao, Three Kingdoms-era general Gongsun Zan committed suicide by setting himself on fire after killing nearly his entire family. Was this jaw-dropping act a sign of insanity or does this have some precedent or meaning behind it?	232	BTWNM
I'm a woman in the Bronze Age with no special access to prestige items. Do I own a knife? What kind? What do I use it for?	232	eleanor_konik
Did the US drop a film unit ahead of the D-Day Normandy invasion specifically to film the landings at Omaha Beach?	232	ron_leflore
how come the evacuation of Dunkirk was allowed?	232	Steel_stamped_penis
What caused the Earth Liberation Front and other ecoterrorism to dwindle?	232	OnShoulderOfGiants
What was the American public's reaction to Reagan's firing of 11k ATC workers in 1981? Did this have any economic impacts to the country? Did it cause flight delays? How did all those airports find new employees all of a sudden (or were the fired members quietly rehired)?	232	corn_on_the_cobh
A game like Crusader Kings allows for the adoption of a distinct 'Outremer' culture in the Crusader States. Were there "settled" Crusaders that were appreciably different in their culture and practices to their European origins?	232	an_ironic_username