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What would fortified armies do with their excrements?

144 upvotes • Gabe121411

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How did the Hatfield-McCoy feud become so famous? Was it a one-off, a regional phenomenon, a product of its time, or something else?

144 upvotes • td4999

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The Vice President of the United States from 1929 - 1933 was a man with significant Native American Ancestry, Charles Curtis. How much trouble did he have traveling through the segregated Southern United States

144 upvotes • gameguy56

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Each decade of the 20th century is pretty easily distinguishable from one another in terms of fashion, cultural product, technology, and even social outlook. Were the decades of the 18th and 19th centuries equally as varied and self-contained?

144 upvotes • codyhowl

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The last time I was in Spain (Barcelona), a woman complained about all the petty crimes (pickpockets, etc) and said, "These things wouldn't have happened under Franco." Is that true?

144 upvotes • kahntemptuous

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AITA if, by tricking leaders into a system of unstable alliances and counter-alliances, I end up creating contributing factors that will eventually spark not one, but two World Wars?

144 upvotes • -Otto-von-Bismarck-

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The Parthenon and the Colleseum have been in ruins for centuries, but every 20 years the Japanese tear down the 1,300-year-old Ise Jingu grand shrine in Japan and rebuild it like new. What do historians think of the "living," nature of Japanese history vs the decay of Western historical sites?

144 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Were there any programs/organizations to de-radicalize kids who had been in the Hitler Youth Program? Did the concept of de-radicalization even exist then, or is it newer?

144 upvotes • nueoritic-parents

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Thomas the Apostle went to preach the gospels in India; back in 50AD, what WAS India?

144 upvotes • smartazjb0y

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What was slavery like in Bronze Age India and how was it practiced?

144 upvotes • ThePoarter

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What would fortified armies do with their excrements?	144	Gabe121411
How did the Hatfield-McCoy feud become so famous? Was it a one-off, a regional phenomenon, a product of its time, or something else?	144	td4999
The Vice President of the United States from 1929 - 1933 was a man with significant Native American Ancestry, Charles Curtis. How much trouble did he have traveling through the segregated Southern United States	144	gameguy56
Each decade of the 20th century is pretty easily distinguishable from one another in terms of fashion, cultural product, technology, and even social outlook. Were the decades of the 18th and 19th centuries equally as varied and self-contained?	144	codyhowl
The last time I was in Spain (Barcelona), a woman complained about all the petty crimes (pickpockets, etc) and said, "These things wouldn't have happened under Franco." Is that true?	144	kahntemptuous
AITA if, by tricking leaders into a system of unstable alliances and counter-alliances, I end up creating contributing factors that will eventually spark not one, but two World Wars?	144	-Otto-von-Bismarck-
The Parthenon and the Colleseum have been in ruins for centuries, but every 20 years the Japanese tear down the 1,300-year-old Ise Jingu grand shrine in Japan and rebuild it like new. What do historians think of the "living," nature of Japanese history vs the decay of Western historical sites?	144	RusticBohemian
Were there any programs/organizations to de-radicalize kids who had been in the Hitler Youth Program? Did the concept of de-radicalization even exist then, or is it newer?	144	nueoritic-parents
Thomas the Apostle went to preach the gospels in India; back in 50AD, what WAS India?	144	smartazjb0y
What was slavery like in Bronze Age India and how was it practiced?	144	ThePoarter