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Did terrorism like we think of today exist in the past?

166 upvotes • secondnameIA

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What did the Axis powers promise their people in the event of an Allied unconditional surrender?

166 upvotes • Keyvias

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What problems was fascism intended to solve?

166 upvotes • King_of_Men

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Who attended the funeral of Alexander the Great?

166 upvotes • gortepap

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Did anyone sentenced to death by animal in Rome ever defeat the animal?

166 upvotes • BastiatFan

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Why did evangelicals support the astrology-believing divorcee Reagan in 1980 over the Sunday-school-teaching Carter (whom I understand they generally favored in '76)?

166 upvotes • JJVMT

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Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of War for the early part of the first World War, was a lifelong 'confirmed bachelor'. Was this code? Would this have made his personal life the subject of scrutiny at the time? Would it have affected his career?

166 upvotes • td49999

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How did Los Angeles grow from a small pueblo to one of the biggest city on Earth in less than 2 centuries?

166 upvotes • ethreax

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The Chinese dragon is majestic and benevolent, but the European dragon is a lot more ambiguous. What were the "source myths" that gave us both good and evil dragons?

166 upvotes • [deleted]

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How did the US public react in 1945, when they heard that their country had dropped (the then unheard of) nuclear bombs on Japan? Was that reaction tempered or heightened by the news of Japan's surrender just days later?

166 upvotes • Hellion1982

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did terrorism like we think of today exist in the past?	166	secondnameIA
What did the Axis powers promise their people in the event of an Allied unconditional surrender?	166	Keyvias
What problems was fascism intended to solve?	166	King_of_Men
Who attended the funeral of Alexander the Great?	166	gortepap
Did anyone sentenced to death by animal in Rome ever defeat the animal?	166	BastiatFan
Why did evangelicals support the astrology-believing divorcee Reagan in 1980 over the Sunday-school-teaching Carter (whom I understand they generally favored in '76)?	166	JJVMT
Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of War for the early part of the first World War, was a lifelong 'confirmed bachelor'. Was this code? Would this have made his personal life the subject of scrutiny at the time? Would it have affected his career?	166	td49999
How did Los Angeles grow from a small pueblo to one of the biggest city on Earth in less than 2 centuries?	166	ethreax
The Chinese dragon is majestic and benevolent, but the European dragon is a lot more ambiguous. What were the "source myths" that gave us both good and evil dragons?	166	[deleted]
How did the US public react in 1945, when they heard that their country had dropped (the then unheard of) nuclear bombs on Japan? Was that reaction tempered or heightened by the news of Japan's surrender just days later?	166	Hellion1982