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"The totalitarian model of looking at the Soviet Union is not given serious consideration in academia any longer." Is this accurate?

204 upvotes • Genghis_Cohen

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What is the truth about Christopher Columbus -- how bad of a guy was he really? How accurate is Francisco de Bobadilla's report and is it accessible?

204 upvotes • chad311

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A stereotypical "poor man's diet" has been bread and cheese, for example in victorian(?) london. But today, cheese isn't cheap, especially in comparison to bread. What changed?

204 upvotes • DrToker

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Where did the early Byzantines get all of their gold?

204 upvotes • lalallaalal

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Why didn't many people evacuate Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the warning leaflets were dropped?

204 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did medieval armies have a "boot camp"? What would training have been like for an average soldier?

204 upvotes • EnduringAtlas

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How did the U.S. federal government enforce Executive Order 6102 (confiscation of gold) in 1933?

204 upvotes • dsporter82

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How were Renaissance Christian banking families, such as the Medici, able to make money on loans if usury was illegal.

204 upvotes • PhysS

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Why have American warships come to have such seemingly unthreatening names when compared to their international counterparts?

204 upvotes • WileECyrus

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Was Popeye's spinach obsession meant as a public service announcement? Is there a reason he got swole from spinach and not beets or something?

204 upvotes • chikindiner

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"The totalitarian model of looking at the Soviet Union is not given serious consideration in academia any longer." Is this accurate?	204	Genghis_Cohen
What is the truth about Christopher Columbus -- how bad of a guy was he really? How accurate is Francisco de Bobadilla's report and is it accessible?	204	chad311
A stereotypical "poor man's diet" has been bread and cheese, for example in victorian(?) london. But today, cheese isn't cheap, especially in comparison to bread. What changed?	204	DrToker
Where did the early Byzantines get all of their gold?	204	lalallaalal
Why didn't many people evacuate Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the warning leaflets were dropped?	204	[deleted]
Did medieval armies have a "boot camp"? What would training have been like for an average soldier?	204	EnduringAtlas
How did the U.S. federal government enforce Executive Order 6102 (confiscation of gold) in 1933?	204	dsporter82
How were Renaissance Christian banking families, such as the Medici, able to make money on loans if usury was illegal.	204	PhysS
Why have American warships come to have such seemingly unthreatening names when compared to their international counterparts?	204	WileECyrus
Was Popeye's spinach obsession meant as a public service announcement? Is there a reason he got swole from spinach and not beets or something?	204	chikindiner