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Annum Novum Felicem MMXVII, AskHistorians! Mirth, Merriment, and the 20 Year Rule

149 upvotes • sunagainstgold

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to make beer you have to use crops that could have been used to make normal foods (barley for example can make bread). that being the case was there much/any objection (on either side) to allowing The brewing industry to continue during the world wars when food was rationed?

149 upvotes • grapp

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Why isn't Mexico a) rich and b) seen as a country built on colonisation and oppression like the US or Australia?

149 upvotes • StaincliffeEast

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How did people in western medieval Europe (say, 1100-1400) conceive of the Pope's theological authority? To what extent was he considered to have been chosen by God?

149 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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Goebbels is often considered to have been a master propaganda, but what is his legacy? Did Goebbels influence the development of modern media or culture in any way?

149 upvotes • randomasiananon

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Has the recent declassification of the records of the french army mutinies of WW1 shed any new light on the events?

149 upvotes • eventyrbrus

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What happened to after world war 2 to people with the surname Hitler? Did they all change their names? Was it a rare name to begin with? Are there any other famous Hitlers?

149 upvotes • trumpticusprime

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My history teacher told me Hitler hated the word Aryan because it used to indicate a language group (indo europeans) at the time and instead he preferred the term "nordic race", is this true ?

149 upvotes • RutilantBoss

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Be All that You Can Be, Join the AskHistorians Flairs! - The /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XVI!

149 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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How did the other colonies react to the Salem witch trials?

149 upvotes • Crypticlibrarian

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Annum Novum Felicem MMXVII, AskHistorians! Mirth, Merriment, and the 20 Year Rule	149	sunagainstgold
to make beer you have to use crops that could have been used to make normal foods (barley for example can make bread). that being the case was there much/any objection (on either side) to allowing The brewing industry to continue during the world wars when food was rationed?	149	grapp
Why isn't Mexico a) rich and b) seen as a country built on colonisation and oppression like the US or Australia?	149	StaincliffeEast
How did people in western medieval Europe (say, 1100-1400) conceive of the Pope's theological authority? To what extent was he considered to have been chosen by God?	149	The_Manchurian
Goebbels is often considered to have been a master propaganda, but what is his legacy? Did Goebbels influence the development of modern media or culture in any way?	149	randomasiananon
Has the recent declassification of the records of the french army mutinies of WW1 shed any new light on the events?	149	eventyrbrus
What happened to after world war 2 to people with the surname Hitler? Did they all change their names? Was it a rare name to begin with? Are there any other famous Hitlers?	149	trumpticusprime
My history teacher told me Hitler hated the word Aryan because it used to indicate a language group (indo europeans) at the time and instead he preferred the term "nordic race", is this true ?	149	RutilantBoss
Be All that You Can Be, Join the AskHistorians Flairs! - The /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XVI!	149	Georgy_K_Zhukov
How did the other colonies react to the Salem witch trials?	149	Crypticlibrarian