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What happened to the families of samurai who committed seppuku?

170 upvotes • waikalama

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How were children doing child labor “handled” during the industrial revolution? Didn’t they cry and complain?

170 upvotes • Atibana

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Why did the Allies let the USSR invade half of Poland but declared war on Germany?

170 upvotes • ShutUpOrImCallingMom

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Were speakeasies segregated? If not; did they help improve race relations since everyone was forced to drink together.

170 upvotes • J2quared

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Was every Civil War general constantly suffering from an upset stomach?

170 upvotes • TurkeyOfJive

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Was there a distinct cultural and ideological difference between the north and south in Korea before Communism was introduced to the peninsula?

170 upvotes • Dynamite12312

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How powerful was the Soviet Union REALLY?

170 upvotes • [deleted]

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Can every successful nuclear weapon and/or energy program be linked back to the Manhattan Project or did some countries develop their nuclear potential entirely without it?

170 upvotes • tipttt284

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I was rewatching "Hamilton" recently, and in the King's finals song, he seems to be incredulous that George Washington stepped away from the presidency, and that John Adams was taking over. What was the international reaction to George Washington giving up power?

170 upvotes • Rolf_Son_of_Rolf

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Did President Carter's deregulation efforts signal a "neoliberal" or "Third Way" Democratic positioning before President Clinton?

170 upvotes • Remote-Boysenberry

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to the families of samurai who committed seppuku?	170	waikalama
How were children doing child labor “handled” during the industrial revolution? Didn’t they cry and complain?	170	Atibana
Why did the Allies let the USSR invade half of Poland but declared war on Germany?	170	ShutUpOrImCallingMom
Were speakeasies segregated? If not; did they help improve race relations since everyone was forced to drink together.	170	J2quared
Was every Civil War general constantly suffering from an upset stomach?	170	TurkeyOfJive
Was there a distinct cultural and ideological difference between the north and south in Korea before Communism was introduced to the peninsula?	170	Dynamite12312
How powerful was the Soviet Union REALLY?	170	[deleted]
Can every successful nuclear weapon and/or energy program be linked back to the Manhattan Project or did some countries develop their nuclear potential entirely without it?	170	tipttt284
I was rewatching "Hamilton" recently, and in the King's finals song, he seems to be incredulous that George Washington stepped away from the presidency, and that John Adams was taking over. What was the international reaction to George Washington giving up power?	170	Rolf_Son_of_Rolf
Did President Carter's deregulation efforts signal a "neoliberal" or "Third Way" Democratic positioning before President Clinton?	170	Remote-Boysenberry