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Do we know what happened to any of the thousands of kids who fought in one of the 23 youth brigades during the battle of Berlin?

184 upvotes • paleo_dragon

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Is the Nobel Prize origin story (in which Alfred Nobel reads his own obituary due to a mix-up in a French newspaper, attributing his brother's death to him, and is so appalled with the way he would be remembered that he allocated the bulk of his money for the Nobel Prizes) considered to be true?

184 upvotes • DirtyWooster

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How did walled cities deal with urban sprawl when walls were critical for city defense?

184 upvotes • Miizen

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What do we know of Jesus that's not in the Bible?

184 upvotes • Thachiefs4lyf

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How was Gaddafi able to rise to power at the very young age of 27?

184 upvotes • camel_cat

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As a typical sailor in the 1700s, what sort of ship would be best to sail with?

184 upvotes • NWCtim

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Why was Prohibition passed as an amendment to the US Constitution rather than as a federal law?

184 upvotes • yopeasants

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A historian called Eve Fisher has calculated that before 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution a shirt would have cost around £2,000 in today's money. Is this statement true?

184 upvotes • ADD_in_India

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Why, in the United States, do we refer to judges as 'Your Honor'?

184 upvotes • Bobarhino

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I've been told that Gandhi and Mother Teresa did terrible things. Is this true?

184 upvotes • PM_me_lulu_hentai

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do we know what happened to any of the thousands of kids who fought in one of the 23 youth brigades during the battle of Berlin?	184	paleo_dragon
Is the Nobel Prize origin story (in which Alfred Nobel reads his own obituary due to a mix-up in a French newspaper, attributing his brother's death to him, and is so appalled with the way he would be remembered that he allocated the bulk of his money for the Nobel Prizes) considered to be true?	184	DirtyWooster
How did walled cities deal with urban sprawl when walls were critical for city defense?	184	Miizen
What do we know of Jesus that's not in the Bible?	184	Thachiefs4lyf
How was Gaddafi able to rise to power at the very young age of 27?	184	camel_cat
As a typical sailor in the 1700s, what sort of ship would be best to sail with?	184	NWCtim
Why was Prohibition passed as an amendment to the US Constitution rather than as a federal law?	184	yopeasants
A historian called Eve Fisher has calculated that before 1750 and the onset of the industrial revolution a shirt would have cost around £2,000 in today's money. Is this statement true?	184	ADD_in_India
Why, in the United States, do we refer to judges as 'Your Honor'?	184	Bobarhino
I've been told that Gandhi and Mother Teresa did terrible things. Is this true?	184	PM_me_lulu_hentai