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A top response in an askreddit thread about great lies in history claims that Kim-Il Sung (Kim Jung Un's grandfather) was very likely an impostor. How much legitimacy is there to this claim?

200 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Was Mandate of Heaven a Real Idea? I have exposed myself to much literature about Imperial China and haven't seen it referenced once and am starting to think it's one of those made up in history class things.

200 upvotes • 19930423LDr

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Why is Julius Caesar typically depicted as being a 'good guy'?

200 upvotes • arkham1010

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How long did sword fights last in real life? In the movies it's 3 or more minutes but I would think it would take a lot less time to land a hit in real life.

200 upvotes • lol_camis

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Who are the current descendants of the Native Americans who stayed behind in Asia instead of crossing the Bering Land Bridge?

200 upvotes • physicsfem

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Why did Chili Peppers seemingly never become popular in Europe the way it did in other regions of the world?

200 upvotes • hamdogthecat

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Did Japan have the logistics or the military capacity to invade Australia during WWII?

200 upvotes • xpyrolegx

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Well known are the acts of voter suppression (e.g., so-called literacy tests, grandfather clauses, outright violence) to which black Americans were subjected for at least a century after emancipation. Were women voters subjected to similar acts in the elections of the 1920s and 30s? (Repost)

200 upvotes • JJVMT

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Had Japan not been defeated, did they have an end goal in mind during World War II (i.e., would they have stopped their territorial expansion at some point)?

200 upvotes • stbillings

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Did the Confederate's have a plan if they won the civil war? Would Lincoln have been deposed by Davis? Would confederate law have been imposed on the northern states?

200 upvotes • nthensome

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
A top response in an askreddit thread about great lies in history claims that Kim-Il Sung (Kim Jung Un's grandfather) was very likely an impostor. How much legitimacy is there to this claim?	200	Notmiefault
Was Mandate of Heaven a Real Idea? I have exposed myself to much literature about Imperial China and haven't seen it referenced once and am starting to think it's one of those made up in history class things.	200	19930423LDr
Why is Julius Caesar typically depicted as being a 'good guy'?	200	arkham1010
How long did sword fights last in real life? In the movies it's 3 or more minutes but I would think it would take a lot less time to land a hit in real life.	200	lol_camis
Who are the current descendants of the Native Americans who stayed behind in Asia instead of crossing the Bering Land Bridge?	200	physicsfem
Why did Chili Peppers seemingly never become popular in Europe the way it did in other regions of the world?	200	hamdogthecat
Did Japan have the logistics or the military capacity to invade Australia during WWII?	200	xpyrolegx
Well known are the acts of voter suppression (e.g., so-called literacy tests, grandfather clauses, outright violence) to which black Americans were subjected for at least a century after emancipation. Were women voters subjected to similar acts in the elections of the 1920s and 30s? (Repost)	200	JJVMT
Had Japan not been defeated, did they have an end goal in mind during World War II (i.e., would they have stopped their territorial expansion at some point)?	200	stbillings
Did the Confederate's have a plan if they won the civil war? Would Lincoln have been deposed by Davis? Would confederate law have been imposed on the northern states?	200	nthensome