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Why did the Americans romanticise the IRA so much?

2901 upvotes • AHappyWelshman

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Did dogs stick their heads out of carriages before cars were made?

2897 upvotes • PM_ME_SNOWMEN

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Why did Hitler so readily dismiss the United States as a nation with no racial purity and thus no fighting strength when he saw firsthand the effect the U.S. had in WWI, particularly during the Spring Offensive? Was it just arrogance?

2896 upvotes • IASIPFL

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How did the Muslim world react to the discovery of the Americas? Did they ever try to colonize or bring the Quran to the Americas?

2894 upvotes • notbobby125

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Were cannonballs considered "reusable" after being fired? or would they be deformed/ damaged after impacting a target.

2893 upvotes • Kmoes

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I’m Katie Barclay, a historian of emotion and family life and I’m here to answer your questions. Ask me anything.

2893 upvotes • KatieEBarclay

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When did the divergence between the people that would become Spanish and Portuguese begin in medieval Iberia? What caused the two identities to become very separate?

2892 upvotes • 01WWing

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Did Sigmund Freud's mother, Amalia Nathansohn Freud, ever comment on Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex?

2890 upvotes • emilyst

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The Byzantines had access to their ancient past, unlike most of their contemporaries. So, did they ever bring back something "ancient" (battle tactics, weapons, architecture, art etc.) in the medieval era?

2887 upvotes • RichRaichu5

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The Western Front WWI battlefields are dangerous and cordoned off even today. How were they treated by troops crossing the same areas in WWII?

2885 upvotes • LonelyPauper

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the Americans romanticise the IRA so much?	2901	AHappyWelshman
Did dogs stick their heads out of carriages before cars were made?	2897	PM_ME_SNOWMEN
Why did Hitler so readily dismiss the United States as a nation with no racial purity and thus no fighting strength when he saw firsthand the effect the U.S. had in WWI, particularly during the Spring Offensive? Was it just arrogance?	2896	IASIPFL
How did the Muslim world react to the discovery of the Americas? Did they ever try to colonize or bring the Quran to the Americas?	2894	notbobby125
Were cannonballs considered "reusable" after being fired? or would they be deformed/ damaged after impacting a target.	2893	Kmoes
I’m Katie Barclay, a historian of emotion and family life and I’m here to answer your questions. Ask me anything.	2893	KatieEBarclay
When did the divergence between the people that would become Spanish and Portuguese begin in medieval Iberia? What caused the two identities to become very separate?	2892	01WWing
Did Sigmund Freud's mother, Amalia Nathansohn Freud, ever comment on Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex?	2890	emilyst
The Byzantines had access to their ancient past, unlike most of their contemporaries. So, did they ever bring back something "ancient" (battle tactics, weapons, architecture, art etc.) in the medieval era?	2887	RichRaichu5
The Western Front WWI battlefields are dangerous and cordoned off even today. How were they treated by troops crossing the same areas in WWII?	2885	LonelyPauper