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How come Volkswagen doesn’t have a stigma of being founded by the Nazis? Did the Allies ever try to erase it?

193 upvotes • calamarimatoi

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Are conclusions reached by historical reenactors or people who are "living history" taken seriously by modern scholars? Have legitimate advancements in our understanding of historical life been the result of things like this before?

193 upvotes • TheEarthShallTremble

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after the Évian Conference of 1938, the Dominican Republic took 100,000 jewish refugees, although only about 12,000 jews arrived, now there are only 200 jews in there, where did all of these people go?

193 upvotes • hitlers_bad_girl

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How were Japanese actors in American anti-Japanese propaganda treated during filming?

193 upvotes • BobsHereNow

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Were there ever any archeological sites with complex traps, mechanisms or hidden features as portrayed in tv/movies/games?

193 upvotes • JForce1

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Is it true that in the USSR you couldn't choose your own job ?

193 upvotes • DrAnon2

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Is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari accurate?

193 upvotes • _m0xie_

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If I were a girl born into a noble household in Sengoku-period Japan, what kind of desserts would I sneak out of the kitchen?

193 upvotes • New_Siberian

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Henry VIII created the Church of England in order to leave his wife. When did this motivation became widely known among Anglicans, and why did they continue with Anglicanism?

193 upvotes • johannesalthusius

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In Black Panther, Killmonger says "bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage" How common was it for victims of the transatlantic slave trade to commit suicide by jumping from ships?

193 upvotes • ExiledToTerminus

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How come Volkswagen doesn’t have a stigma of being founded by the Nazis? Did the Allies ever try to erase it?	193	calamarimatoi
Are conclusions reached by historical reenactors or people who are "living history" taken seriously by modern scholars? Have legitimate advancements in our understanding of historical life been the result of things like this before?	193	TheEarthShallTremble
after the Évian Conference of 1938, the Dominican Republic took 100,000 jewish refugees, although only about 12,000 jews arrived, now there are only 200 jews in there, where did all of these people go?	193	hitlers_bad_girl
How were Japanese actors in American anti-Japanese propaganda treated during filming?	193	BobsHereNow
Were there ever any archeological sites with complex traps, mechanisms or hidden features as portrayed in tv/movies/games?	193	JForce1
Is it true that in the USSR you couldn't choose your own job ?	193	DrAnon2
Is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari accurate?	193	_m0xie_
If I were a girl born into a noble household in Sengoku-period Japan, what kind of desserts would I sneak out of the kitchen?	193	New_Siberian
Henry VIII created the Church of England in order to leave his wife. When did this motivation became widely known among Anglicans, and why did they continue with Anglicanism?	193	johannesalthusius
In Black Panther, Killmonger says "bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage" How common was it for victims of the transatlantic slave trade to commit suicide by jumping from ships?	193	ExiledToTerminus