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Was there an Allied plan for taking back Europe if Britain was lost to invasion? Was it to just hope the Soviets could manage it? Or to focus everything on North Africa? Both? Neither?

146 upvotes • Kesh-Bap

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The American Nazi Party had some big rallies in the 30s. What was the motive for its members, given how German-centric the Nazi platform was?

146 upvotes • BreaksFull

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Why did the Ottoman Sultans use kidnapped Christians to make up the Janissaries? Why risk using forced converted ex-slaves as a personal guard?

146 upvotes • AbjectOffice

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Before European contact, did the native Hawaiians know that the rest of the world existed?

146 upvotes • premeddit

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Say I’m a farmer in Europe in the Middle Ages, and one year my entire crop fails, maybe due to out of control pests or wildfire. Was there any avenues to seek help or would I just starve to death?

146 upvotes • PMmeMovieWorldTicket

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The famous horror Theater of Grand Guignol in Paris supposedly had boxes in the back that theater-goers could rent if they became too "aroused" by the production and needed "privacy". How much truth is there to this legend? Were people really having sex in the theater mid-performance? NSFW

146 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Was there a clear cultural/political difference between the thirteen colonies of America and the British colonies in Canada before the revolutionary war? Or was "Canada" simply the group of colonies that didn't rebel?

146 upvotes • [deleted]

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The "maritime city-state with imperial ambitions" model seemed to be a winning strategy, at least in the medium term. Athens, Venice, Genoa, Pisa — they all grew prosperous and dominated overseas, but failed to hold their own hinterlands. How and why did this model work?

146 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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I heard an expert suggest that the Battle of Trafalgar was not of great military significance in the Napoleonic Wars. How accurate is this?

146 upvotes • RichmondRay

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How much did Indian Tribes and Empires in North America know of South America? Were the Iroquois Confederacy aware of the Aztec Empire's existence, if through distant tales such as China and Rome?

146 upvotes • reeper147

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was there an Allied plan for taking back Europe if Britain was lost to invasion? Was it to just hope the Soviets could manage it? Or to focus everything on North Africa? Both? Neither?	146	Kesh-Bap
The American Nazi Party had some big rallies in the 30s. What was the motive for its members, given how German-centric the Nazi platform was?	146	BreaksFull
Why did the Ottoman Sultans use kidnapped Christians to make up the Janissaries? Why risk using forced converted ex-slaves as a personal guard?	146	AbjectOffice
Before European contact, did the native Hawaiians know that the rest of the world existed?	146	premeddit
Say I’m a farmer in Europe in the Middle Ages, and one year my entire crop fails, maybe due to out of control pests or wildfire. Was there any avenues to seek help or would I just starve to death?	146	PMmeMovieWorldTicket
The famous horror Theater of Grand Guignol in Paris supposedly had boxes in the back that theater-goers could rent if they became too "aroused" by the production and needed "privacy". How much truth is there to this legend? Were people really having sex in the theater mid-performance? NSFW	146	Notmiefault
Was there a clear cultural/political difference between the thirteen colonies of America and the British colonies in Canada before the revolutionary war? Or was "Canada" simply the group of colonies that didn't rebel?	146	[deleted]
The "maritime city-state with imperial ambitions" model seemed to be a winning strategy, at least in the medium term. Athens, Venice, Genoa, Pisa — they all grew prosperous and dominated overseas, but failed to hold their own hinterlands. How and why did this model work?	146	RusticBohemian
I heard an expert suggest that the Battle of Trafalgar was not of great military significance in the Napoleonic Wars. How accurate is this?	146	RichmondRay
How much did Indian Tribes and Empires in North America know of South America? Were the Iroquois Confederacy aware of the Aztec Empire's existence, if through distant tales such as China and Rome?	146	reeper147