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After the Civil War, the South re-invented the Confederate cause to be about states' right and downplayed slavery and its inherent cruelties. When blacks were subjected under segregation in the New South, how did whites att argue about the legacy of slavery - as a sin, or as a blessing taken away?

152 upvotes • Paulie_Gatto

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Before basic running water, water pumps etc, how did villages keep insects from spawning in their well water?

152 upvotes • Vammarson

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What became of the contents of Himmlers secret safe hidden deep in the Wewelsburg castle vaults and removed by American special forces in 1945?

152 upvotes • emmanem1892

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"IBM and the Holocaust,"by Edwin Black claims, "Data generated by IBM was instrumental in the efforts of the German government to concentrate and ultimately destroy ethnic Jewish populations across Europe." How do historians view this book? How deep was the cooperation between IBM and Germany?

152 upvotes • hug_lyf3

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I remember seeing in a documentary that the Mayans collected rainwater for drinking. When storing it, how did they prevent the water from becoming "dirty" and having parasites take root?

152 upvotes • Manyrandomtacos

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Why did the Nazis attempt to destroy evidence of their death camps and other atrocities?

152 upvotes • [deleted]

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In 1941, Life Magazine interviewed Hitler and said that the fear of a German invasion was a serious concern in America. Was this true?

152 upvotes • SanguozhiTongsuYan

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in Game of Thrones, most males of noble families are capable fighters and veterans of battle. Were high medieval noblemen really much better fighters than commoners?

152 upvotes • needs_more_dill

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Did Norman Borlaug actually save close to a billion people?

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Was owning a white slave legal before slavery became illegal in the United States?

152 upvotes • NeuralComplex

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After the Civil War, the South re-invented the Confederate cause to be about states' right and downplayed slavery and its inherent cruelties. When blacks were subjected under segregation in the New South, how did whites att argue about the legacy of slavery - as a sin, or as a blessing taken away?	152	Paulie_Gatto
Before basic running water, water pumps etc, how did villages keep insects from spawning in their well water?	152	Vammarson
What became of the contents of Himmlers secret safe hidden deep in the Wewelsburg castle vaults and removed by American special forces in 1945?	152	emmanem1892
"IBM and the Holocaust,"by Edwin Black claims, "Data generated by IBM was instrumental in the efforts of the German government to concentrate and ultimately destroy ethnic Jewish populations across Europe." How do historians view this book? How deep was the cooperation between IBM and Germany?	152	hug_lyf3
I remember seeing in a documentary that the Mayans collected rainwater for drinking. When storing it, how did they prevent the water from becoming "dirty" and having parasites take root?	152	Manyrandomtacos
Why did the Nazis attempt to destroy evidence of their death camps and other atrocities?	152	[deleted]
In 1941, Life Magazine interviewed Hitler and said that the fear of a German invasion was a serious concern in America. Was this true?	152	SanguozhiTongsuYan
in Game of Thrones, most males of noble families are capable fighters and veterans of battle. Were high medieval noblemen really much better fighters than commoners?	152	needs_more_dill
Did Norman Borlaug actually save close to a billion people?	152	[deleted]
Was owning a white slave legal before slavery became illegal in the United States?	152	NeuralComplex