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When the tsunami hit the coast of England in 1607, killing over 2000 and wiping out several towns, what sort of international response was there?

142 upvotes • NMW

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How did "Einstein" become synonymous with "intelligence" rather than any of his intellectual contemporaries?

142 upvotes • CommunistApologist

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Frederick the Great's Prussia had 1 soldier for every 28 citizens. How did this ratio compare to Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, and Germany in WW1?

142 upvotes • TortaDelBBQ

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I was once told that there is such a strong desire to maintain a united 'Finnish-ness' that there is often frequent denial of the Finnish Civil War (1918), and it's difficult for outside researchers to gain access to relevant archival material. How true is this claim?

142 upvotes • HarryCochrane

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Why was the medieval period so violent?

142 upvotes • oregon_forever

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By avenging her son's death in attacking Heorot, would Grendel's mother have been seen as a sympathetic character by "Beowulf's" Anglo-Saxon audience for carrying on a blood-feud against the Danes?

142 upvotes • depanneur

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I've heard that Nestorianism was taught in Tang and Song Dynasties of China, but how did it get there in the first place?

142 upvotes • Like_20_Wizards

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Hitler's late teenage friend August Kubizek wrote a book about his time with Hitler. How useful or new was that information for understanding Hitler as a person?

142 upvotes • InvestInIndexFunds

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Did the native people of North America have any contact with, or knowledge of, the great empires of Central and South America?

142 upvotes • txanarchy

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During WW2, did Nazi high command ever think that Enigma was broken by the Allies, and did they take pre-emptive measures if this was actually the case?

142 upvotes • mot24

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When the tsunami hit the coast of England in 1607, killing over 2000 and wiping out several towns, what sort of international response was there?	142	NMW
How did "Einstein" become synonymous with "intelligence" rather than any of his intellectual contemporaries?	142	CommunistApologist
Frederick the Great's Prussia had 1 soldier for every 28 citizens. How did this ratio compare to Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, and Germany in WW1?	142	TortaDelBBQ
I was once told that there is such a strong desire to maintain a united 'Finnish-ness' that there is often frequent denial of the Finnish Civil War (1918), and it's difficult for outside researchers to gain access to relevant archival material. How true is this claim?	142	HarryCochrane
Why was the medieval period so violent?	142	oregon_forever
By avenging her son's death in attacking Heorot, would Grendel's mother have been seen as a sympathetic character by "Beowulf's" Anglo-Saxon audience for carrying on a blood-feud against the Danes?	142	depanneur
I've heard that Nestorianism was taught in Tang and Song Dynasties of China, but how did it get there in the first place?	142	Like_20_Wizards
Hitler's late teenage friend August Kubizek wrote a book about his time with Hitler. How useful or new was that information for understanding Hitler as a person?	142	InvestInIndexFunds
Did the native people of North America have any contact with, or knowledge of, the great empires of Central and South America?	142	txanarchy
During WW2, did Nazi high command ever think that Enigma was broken by the Allies, and did they take pre-emptive measures if this was actually the case?	142	mot24