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Several nations faced severe gender imbalance in the aftermath of WWI and WWII. How did the increased rates of unmarried women affect gender roles and culture in those countries?

220 upvotes • Dtnoip30

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In 1935 General Billy Mitchell said to Congress "I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world" Why did he say this? And did control of Alaska play an important role in the Geopolitics of the day?

220 upvotes • Reasonable_Thinker

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What was this highly valuable and very much protected Soviet location, targeted by the U.S. nuclear weapons in the early 1960s?

220 upvotes • HotTopicThrowaway198

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In “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” by William L. Shirer, he claims multiple times that at the beginning of the Nazi party, it had many homosexuals in leading positions.

220 upvotes • daywalker1636

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Did Lenin order the execution of all the Boy Scouts in Moscow?

220 upvotes • xayoz306

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I'm a medieval European king and I'm about to declare an absolutely absurd law, like making pants illegal. What's the official process that I would have to go through and what checks and balances are in place to prevent something so utterly idiotic?

220 upvotes • KingAlfredOfEngland

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I am a regular criminal in Nazi Germany (not a political activist, Jew, or anyone else the Nazis held a particular hatred for). What are my rights under the Nazi legal system?

220 upvotes • HistoryLord

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What would a population density map of the Americas in 1491 look like?

220 upvotes • DGBD

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In 1833 the British Govt took a loan from the Rothschilds and others to abolish slavery and pay the slave owners. However this amount wasn’t repaid until 2015, how’s does a transaction like this work over 182 years?

220 upvotes • YumaAU

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Why are small towns in America called towns, and not "villages"?

220 upvotes • megami-hime

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Several nations faced severe gender imbalance in the aftermath of WWI and WWII. How did the increased rates of unmarried women affect gender roles and culture in those countries?	220	Dtnoip30
In 1935 General Billy Mitchell said to Congress "I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world" Why did he say this? And did control of Alaska play an important role in the Geopolitics of the day?	220	Reasonable_Thinker
What was this highly valuable and very much protected Soviet location, targeted by the U.S. nuclear weapons in the early 1960s?	220	HotTopicThrowaway198
In “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” by William L. Shirer, he claims multiple times that at the beginning of the Nazi party, it had many homosexuals in leading positions.	220	daywalker1636
Did Lenin order the execution of all the Boy Scouts in Moscow?	220	xayoz306
I'm a medieval European king and I'm about to declare an absolutely absurd law, like making pants illegal. What's the official process that I would have to go through and what checks and balances are in place to prevent something so utterly idiotic?	220	KingAlfredOfEngland
I am a regular criminal in Nazi Germany (not a political activist, Jew, or anyone else the Nazis held a particular hatred for). What are my rights under the Nazi legal system?	220	HistoryLord
What would a population density map of the Americas in 1491 look like?	220	DGBD
In 1833 the British Govt took a loan from the Rothschilds and others to abolish slavery and pay the slave owners. However this amount wasn’t repaid until 2015, how’s does a transaction like this work over 182 years?	220	YumaAU
Why are small towns in America called towns, and not "villages"?	220	megami-hime