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What exactly happened between Lenin and Stalin? Was there a falling out? Was Lenin's contribution completely removed from the soviet union?

165 upvotes • Venne1138

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Why, with the Maryland-Virgina border, was Maryland (and DC) given control of the entire Potomac River up to the Virginia bank instead of having the border go through the center of the river?

165 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Did creating the Empire benefit the average Brit, or just upper class elites?

165 upvotes • Pickle256sBigBrother

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Former KGB employee Yuri Bezmenov gave an interview saying the KGB were infiltrating academia and Hollywood and installing a radical ideology. Why would he say this?

165 upvotes • NesquikMike

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How did Native Americans View Tornados?

165 upvotes • kidescobar

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In tenth grade, when we were learning about the Chinese dynasties, my AP World History teacher mentioned that the families that ruled (Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, etc.), didn't just disappear after being phased out by the dynastic cycle. Where are they now?

165 upvotes • aquaneedle

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What language did Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha speak?

165 upvotes • El_Predsjednik

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How can a layman tell how reliable a source is?

165 upvotes • Shadowmant

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Did Communist Societies use the word "Comrade" as much as the stereotypes imply?

165 upvotes • IVIauser

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Why were the Irish so reviled by the English but not the Scots?

165 upvotes • saddetective87

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What exactly happened between Lenin and Stalin? Was there a falling out? Was Lenin's contribution completely removed from the soviet union?	165	Venne1138
Why, with the Maryland-Virgina border, was Maryland (and DC) given control of the entire Potomac River up to the Virginia bank instead of having the border go through the center of the river?	165	Goat_im_Himmel
Did creating the Empire benefit the average Brit, or just upper class elites?	165	Pickle256sBigBrother
Former KGB employee Yuri Bezmenov gave an interview saying the KGB were infiltrating academia and Hollywood and installing a radical ideology. Why would he say this?	165	NesquikMike
How did Native Americans View Tornados?	165	kidescobar
In tenth grade, when we were learning about the Chinese dynasties, my AP World History teacher mentioned that the families that ruled (Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, etc.), didn't just disappear after being phased out by the dynastic cycle. Where are they now?	165	aquaneedle
What language did Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha speak?	165	El_Predsjednik
How can a layman tell how reliable a source is?	165	Shadowmant
Did Communist Societies use the word "Comrade" as much as the stereotypes imply?	165	IVIauser
Why were the Irish so reviled by the English but not the Scots?	165	saddetective87