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Why did Dagestan and Chechnya not become independent after the breakup of the USSR?

152 upvotes • Unyx

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Did the Ancients ever participate in Archaeology? If so, how did they explain findings which they could not identify based on their historical record? Did their historical record ever change based on findings?

152 upvotes • coolaswhitebread

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Why did Islamist Terrorism not really become that big of what it is today until after the Cold War?

152 upvotes • Zorseking34

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Why did the public become concerned with teenagers masturbating?

152 upvotes • Sid_Burn

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When and why did small local hotels go into decline?

152 upvotes • chocolatepot

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Why were medieval castles built so far from the villages they were supposed to be protecting?

152 upvotes • bteeboy

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Do modern German military units acknowledge WWII or WWI accomplishments?

152 upvotes • Jdog7799

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In the Napoleonic wars, the capture of regimental colour was a huge honour to whomever captured it. Were these colours ever returned after the war? What happened to them?

152 upvotes • Noddybear

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After Pearl Harbor, how did the American and Japanese ambassadors get home? What about their staff and their families?

152 upvotes • RunRunDie

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Was there something about British colonial administration that made so many of its former colonial cities become world financial centers? (Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg, Dubai, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur)

152 upvotes • mystical-me

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Dagestan and Chechnya not become independent after the breakup of the USSR?	152	Unyx
Did the Ancients ever participate in Archaeology? If so, how did they explain findings which they could not identify based on their historical record? Did their historical record ever change based on findings?	152	coolaswhitebread
Why did Islamist Terrorism not really become that big of what it is today until after the Cold War?	152	Zorseking34
Why did the public become concerned with teenagers masturbating?	152	Sid_Burn
When and why did small local hotels go into decline?	152	chocolatepot
Why were medieval castles built so far from the villages they were supposed to be protecting?	152	bteeboy
Do modern German military units acknowledge WWII or WWI accomplishments?	152	Jdog7799
In the Napoleonic wars, the capture of regimental colour was a huge honour to whomever captured it. Were these colours ever returned after the war? What happened to them?	152	Noddybear
After Pearl Harbor, how did the American and Japanese ambassadors get home? What about their staff and their families?	152	RunRunDie
Was there something about British colonial administration that made so many of its former colonial cities become world financial centers? (Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg, Dubai, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur)	152	mystical-me