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Kind of a stupid question but what would a front line physically look like during WW2?

154 upvotes • BayleyNat0r

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Is it true Rousseau abandoned his 5 children? What happened to them? Why would we ever value his book on child-rearing, if he literally dumped them in an orphanarium because they were inconvenient for him?

154 upvotes • shivaswara

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If slavery in Japan was banned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (according to Wikipedia), then what was the legal status of girls sold by their families to brothels, panders or pimps? What transaction actually took place when money was exchanged if it wasn't transfer of human property?

154 upvotes • jurble

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Why didn't the US annex Baja California with the rest of California?

154 upvotes • Hyo38

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Why were there 445 days in 46 BC?

154 upvotes • Tatem1961

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One of the primary reasons many native groups in the Americas were largely wiped out were diseases to which they had no natural defences against. However I was wondering if the contrary ever happened, like were there diseases found in the new world that were new to settlers?

154 upvotes • _Wendigun_

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Currently, prosperity is linked to lower birth rates, at least in large swaths of the Western world. Has this ever happened before modern times? Or is this humanity's fist go around with prosperity lowering birth rates?

154 upvotes • TheDevilsAgent

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It's often said that wars in the past had very few casualities compared to modern wars and many on the losing side could escape battles alive, but what exactly happened next for them?

154 upvotes • Upbeat-Purple2965

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Why did every engineer in the sixties seem to dress exactly the same? When I look at my grandfather’s old photos, every single engineer is wearing a white shirt-sleeve button down, black slacks, and a black necktie.

154 upvotes • George4Mayor86

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Do we know of any instance when a deceased ruler was pretended to be still alive by his collegues to get some political gain?

154 upvotes • SomeRandomAbbadon

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Kind of a stupid question but what would a front line physically look like during WW2?	154	BayleyNat0r
Is it true Rousseau abandoned his 5 children? What happened to them? Why would we ever value his book on child-rearing, if he literally dumped them in an orphanarium because they were inconvenient for him?	154	shivaswara
If slavery in Japan was banned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (according to Wikipedia), then what was the legal status of girls sold by their families to brothels, panders or pimps? What transaction actually took place when money was exchanged if it wasn't transfer of human property?	154	jurble
Why didn't the US annex Baja California with the rest of California?	154	Hyo38
Why were there 445 days in 46 BC?	154	Tatem1961
One of the primary reasons many native groups in the Americas were largely wiped out were diseases to which they had no natural defences against. However I was wondering if the contrary ever happened, like were there diseases found in the new world that were new to settlers?	154	_Wendigun_
Currently, prosperity is linked to lower birth rates, at least in large swaths of the Western world. Has this ever happened before modern times? Or is this humanity's fist go around with prosperity lowering birth rates?	154	TheDevilsAgent
It's often said that wars in the past had very few casualities compared to modern wars and many on the losing side could escape battles alive, but what exactly happened next for them?	154	Upbeat-Purple2965
Why did every engineer in the sixties seem to dress exactly the same? When I look at my grandfather’s old photos, every single engineer is wearing a white shirt-sleeve button down, black slacks, and a black necktie.	154	George4Mayor86
Do we know of any instance when a deceased ruler was pretended to be still alive by his collegues to get some political gain?	154	SomeRandomAbbadon