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The three college football national titles that Army claims are 1944, 1945, and 1946. Is this due to the best young football players of the time electing to attend West Point as a means of avoiding the draft / traditional enlistment or is the timing of these titles merely coincidental?

190 upvotes • huphelmeyer

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Why did Caesar spare Brutus?

190 upvotes • Blackdoom59

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What were Hitler's ideas of succession? Who was to succeed Hitler should he die and what process would they have to go through to suceed as leader of his Reich?

190 upvotes • CallMeDavid_

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Why did the Romans have three very small provinces in northwestern Italy?

190 upvotes • edenapple

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If bloodletting was rubbish, why was it considered as a medical procedure for such a long time?

190 upvotes • TheAustroHungarian1

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How strong (alc%) was the normal beer colonials drank back in 1700’s America?

190 upvotes • ILikeThatJawn

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In the early days of the Internet did anyone predict a dwindling recognition of expertise to result from easier access to information? That non-experts would increasingly declare experts "elitists" and so forth?

190 upvotes • bodombeachbod

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I'm playing Assassins Creed, and frankly, the crocodiles are really irritating me. How did actual ancient Egyptians deal with it?

190 upvotes • [deleted]

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In the Iliad, it depicts armies putting forth a champion to fight and determine the battle without mass fighting. Did this ever really happen, and how often were the results honoured?

190 upvotes • wagyusmit

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How did American slaveholders view Russian serfdom? Was there any reaction among them to the abolition of serfdom in 1861?

190 upvotes • crrpit

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The three college football national titles that Army claims are 1944, 1945, and 1946. Is this due to the best young football players of the time electing to attend West Point as a means of avoiding the draft / traditional enlistment or is the timing of these titles merely coincidental?	190	huphelmeyer
Why did Caesar spare Brutus?	190	Blackdoom59
What were Hitler's ideas of succession? Who was to succeed Hitler should he die and what process would they have to go through to suceed as leader of his Reich?	190	CallMeDavid_
Why did the Romans have three very small provinces in northwestern Italy?	190	edenapple
If bloodletting was rubbish, why was it considered as a medical procedure for such a long time?	190	TheAustroHungarian1
How strong (alc%) was the normal beer colonials drank back in 1700’s America?	190	ILikeThatJawn
In the early days of the Internet did anyone predict a dwindling recognition of expertise to result from easier access to information? That non-experts would increasingly declare experts "elitists" and so forth?	190	bodombeachbod
I'm playing Assassins Creed, and frankly, the crocodiles are really irritating me. How did actual ancient Egyptians deal with it?	190	[deleted]
In the Iliad, it depicts armies putting forth a champion to fight and determine the battle without mass fighting. Did this ever really happen, and how often were the results honoured?	190	wagyusmit
How did American slaveholders view Russian serfdom? Was there any reaction among them to the abolition of serfdom in 1861?	190	crrpit