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What were my grandparents doing in Turkey and Iran?

186 upvotes • Rachet83

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In conversations surrounding the use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII, it is often brought up that Japan had already offered to conditionally surrender prior to the bombs being dropped. What would such a conditional surrender have entailed, and why didn't the Allies accept it?

186 upvotes • JayRocc77

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In a world that can't agree on anything else, how did we all come to use hours, minutes and seconds?

186 upvotes • MixMatch

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Did "Italians" in the early middle ages still think of themselves as Roman?

186 upvotes • sn1p3rb8

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Actual speech to the soldiers?

186 upvotes • nilhaus

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Were Celtic women as free as I have read they were?

186 upvotes • QueenGenevieve

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What was Albert Einstein so famous?

186 upvotes • ThatGuyYouKindaKnow

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Were there any "new millenium" celebrations in the year 1000AD?

186 upvotes • Wissam24

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New feature (yay!)

186 upvotes • Artrw

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How did the Dutch gain enough manpower for an empire?

186 upvotes • DutchPotHead

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What were my grandparents doing in Turkey and Iran?	186	Rachet83
In conversations surrounding the use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII, it is often brought up that Japan had already offered to conditionally surrender prior to the bombs being dropped. What would such a conditional surrender have entailed, and why didn't the Allies accept it?	186	JayRocc77
In a world that can't agree on anything else, how did we all come to use hours, minutes and seconds?	186	MixMatch
Did "Italians" in the early middle ages still think of themselves as Roman?	186	sn1p3rb8
Actual speech to the soldiers?	186	nilhaus
Were Celtic women as free as I have read they were?	186	QueenGenevieve
What was Albert Einstein so famous?	186	ThatGuyYouKindaKnow
Were there any "new millenium" celebrations in the year 1000AD?	186	Wissam24
New feature (yay!)	186	Artrw
How did the Dutch gain enough manpower for an empire?	186	DutchPotHead