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How did the United States come to own or lease land in Cuba for the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base?

170 upvotes • Ruckusnusts

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What would life be like in an Ancient Egyptian city?

170 upvotes • beancounter2885

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Was the Business Plot of 1933 (to overthrow FDR), with JP Morgan, Prescott Bush and others, an actual plot? Did it have any chance of succeeding?

170 upvotes • tjbarber

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Pythagoras, Confucius and the Buddha were all alive and teaching at the same time; was there anyone in the world who might have been aware of all three of them?

170 upvotes • WileECyrus

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Tomorrow: AMA with Experts on the History of the Wright Brothers from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

170 upvotes • AirandSpaceExperts

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Has a bomb ever failed to detonate during a test of nuclear weaponry?

170 upvotes • Broganator

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Did Roman ships ever sail on the Caspian sea? What did the Romans think about the sea beyond the coast they controlled in the Caucasus?

170 upvotes • [deleted]

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Were slaves in the U.S ever made to construct something that still stands today?

170 upvotes • Pi-Roh

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How did German military doctrine differ from Allied and Soviet doctrine during WW2, and what happened to German doctrine afterwards

170 upvotes • mr-tibbs

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How much of the U.S. war effort was devoted to the Pacific Theater in comparison to Europe in WW2? How was this strategy decided upon?

170 upvotes • Fierytemplar

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the United States come to own or lease land in Cuba for the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base?	170	Ruckusnusts
What would life be like in an Ancient Egyptian city?	170	beancounter2885
Was the Business Plot of 1933 (to overthrow FDR), with JP Morgan, Prescott Bush and others, an actual plot? Did it have any chance of succeeding?	170	tjbarber
Pythagoras, Confucius and the Buddha were all alive and teaching at the same time; was there anyone in the world who might have been aware of all three of them?	170	WileECyrus
Tomorrow: AMA with Experts on the History of the Wright Brothers from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum	170	AirandSpaceExperts
Has a bomb ever failed to detonate during a test of nuclear weaponry?	170	Broganator
Did Roman ships ever sail on the Caspian sea? What did the Romans think about the sea beyond the coast they controlled in the Caucasus?	170	[deleted]
Were slaves in the U.S ever made to construct something that still stands today?	170	Pi-Roh
How did German military doctrine differ from Allied and Soviet doctrine during WW2, and what happened to German doctrine afterwards	170	mr-tibbs
How much of the U.S. war effort was devoted to the Pacific Theater in comparison to Europe in WW2? How was this strategy decided upon?	170	Fierytemplar