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How much did a Chinese peasant know of the emperor?

151 upvotes • Morraw

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AMA: Why Was the United States So Afraid of Radicalism? (Loyalty and Liberty: American Countersubversion from World War I to the McCarthy Era)

151 upvotes • alexvgoodall

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Elizabeth Báthory - Falsely Accused or Guilty as charged?

151 upvotes • DancewithRance

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What was the United Kingdom's popular opinion of Japan in World War II?

151 upvotes • TehFrenchConnection

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What are the origins of the now-common Christian idea that wealth is a reward for spiritual virtue - that is, that wealthy and successful people are likely to be morally good, and that poor people are suffering from poverty because they are sinful?

151 upvotes • aescolanus

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Did ancient/medieval people truly believe in mythological/magic beings?

151 upvotes • Walrusmaster97

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How much was the Soviet's space program influenced by Nazi/Germany scientists and technology?

151 upvotes • ZestyMemeMan

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We all know that the German concentration camps were liberated, but I have never heard about what happened post liberation. Did the open the gates and say "you are free to go" or was there a system used to reintegrate the prisoners mentally and physically?

151 upvotes • wsotw

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During WWII, The americans used very violent cartoons, like daffy duck, as anti-nazi propaganda. Are there german, japanese or italian cartoons from the same era that were also used as ideological propaganda? What were them?

151 upvotes • knnl

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How did america adopt the term College as a preferred verbiage over University, which is widely used around the world?

151 upvotes • Angelus414

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How much did a Chinese peasant know of the emperor?	151	Morraw
AMA: Why Was the United States So Afraid of Radicalism? (Loyalty and Liberty: American Countersubversion from World War I to the McCarthy Era)	151	alexvgoodall
Elizabeth Báthory - Falsely Accused or Guilty as charged?	151	DancewithRance
What was the United Kingdom's popular opinion of Japan in World War II?	151	TehFrenchConnection
What are the origins of the now-common Christian idea that wealth is a reward for spiritual virtue - that is, that wealthy and successful people are likely to be morally good, and that poor people are suffering from poverty because they are sinful?	151	aescolanus
Did ancient/medieval people truly believe in mythological/magic beings?	151	Walrusmaster97
How much was the Soviet's space program influenced by Nazi/Germany scientists and technology?	151	ZestyMemeMan
We all know that the German concentration camps were liberated, but I have never heard about what happened post liberation. Did the open the gates and say "you are free to go" or was there a system used to reintegrate the prisoners mentally and physically?	151	wsotw
During WWII, The americans used very violent cartoons, like daffy duck, as anti-nazi propaganda. Are there german, japanese or italian cartoons from the same era that were also used as ideological propaganda? What were them?	151	knnl
How did america adopt the term College as a preferred verbiage over University, which is widely used around the world?	151	Angelus414