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Who cleaned up the carnage (removing dead, etc.) after a large bloody Napoleonic-era battle i.e. Waterloo, Leipzig, or Borodino?

182 upvotes • Dropbototoro

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Is it true that, in the U.S. South, street names change halfway through a street because they don't want to be associated with minorities?

182 upvotes • lordofpurple

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Why did the Jewish people of Algeria after the fall of colonial French Algeria leave for France rather than Israel like most of the other Jewish people of the Middle East and North Africa?

182 upvotes • wanderlustvivre007

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Why did the Temperance Movement oppose foods such as Coffee, Tea, Gingerale, Pastries, Mexican Food, Pickles and Pork?

182 upvotes • Steve-Bikes

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Just how prevalent were Axes, Flails, and other "strange" weapons on the battlefield?

181 upvotes • triheptyl

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Why did Hitler never invade Switzerland or Lichtenstein?

181 upvotes • BrHop156

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We often refer to our long-ago ancestors as 'cavemen'. But how common has living in caves ever been?

181 upvotes • EldestPort

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Why did Nazi Germany produce such valuable rocket scientists compared to other nations? Is this a misconception?

181 upvotes • Vortigern

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Before knowledge of electricity, what did people think of static shocks(and the visible electric discharge in the dark)?

181 upvotes • smirple

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This was posted in another forum as fact. Is it true? (Gays among native peoples)

181 upvotes • skdfuil

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Who cleaned up the carnage (removing dead, etc.) after a large bloody Napoleonic-era battle i.e. Waterloo, Leipzig, or Borodino?	182	Dropbototoro
Is it true that, in the U.S. South, street names change halfway through a street because they don't want to be associated with minorities?	182	lordofpurple
Why did the Jewish people of Algeria after the fall of colonial French Algeria leave for France rather than Israel like most of the other Jewish people of the Middle East and North Africa?	182	wanderlustvivre007
Why did the Temperance Movement oppose foods such as Coffee, Tea, Gingerale, Pastries, Mexican Food, Pickles and Pork?	182	Steve-Bikes
Just how prevalent were Axes, Flails, and other "strange" weapons on the battlefield?	181	triheptyl
Why did Hitler never invade Switzerland or Lichtenstein?	181	BrHop156
We often refer to our long-ago ancestors as 'cavemen'. But how common has living in caves ever been?	181	EldestPort
Why did Nazi Germany produce such valuable rocket scientists compared to other nations? Is this a misconception?	181	Vortigern
Before knowledge of electricity, what did people think of static shocks(and the visible electric discharge in the dark)?	181	smirple
This was posted in another forum as fact. Is it true? (Gays among native peoples)	181	skdfuil