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It's 1942, and I'm a young politically minded Parisian, and I'm sick and tired of all these Germans occupying my city. How do I go about joining the French Resistance?

2108 upvotes • BulkDarthDan

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There seems to be a lot of Wehrmacht idolizations in certain reddit communities, how accurate are their assertions that the Wehrmacht was a “superior” military force?

2108 upvotes • DDM201

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Why did Stalin recriminalize homosexuality in Russia after Lenin decriminalized it?

2108 upvotes • brokensilence32

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Did American men really wear a coat and tie at home during the 1930s and 1940s?

2108 upvotes • p38-lightning

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I understand tropical fruits were rare in medieval Europe. So how did the colour orange become synonymous with the fruit rather than the more common carrot?

2108 upvotes • Xythian208

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In Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket", an American soldier indiscriminately guns down Vietnamese civilians from the helicopter. Did this kind of blatant killing of civilians happen in the war? Was this scene accurate?

2107 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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The top 3 serial killers with the most confirmed kill counts were all Colombians, although they were active in different periods. Was there any socioeconomical or cultural explanation to this?

2107 upvotes • i_hate_usernames

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Why was Manhattan built without any alleys?

2107 upvotes • henry_fords_ghost

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It’s the late 7th century in the Umayyad Caliphate and my wife is about to give birth to our first son. My name is Ismail, but we are thinking to name our son Ahmed. Under what conditions and after how long would my friends who have known me my entire life as Ismail start calling me Abu Ahmed?

2107 upvotes • LongNectarine

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Lord Palmerston quipped “The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Why was it irresolvable without war?

2106 upvotes • LeChevalierMal-Fait

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
It's 1942, and I'm a young politically minded Parisian, and I'm sick and tired of all these Germans occupying my city. How do I go about joining the French Resistance?	2108	BulkDarthDan
There seems to be a lot of Wehrmacht idolizations in certain reddit communities, how accurate are their assertions that the Wehrmacht was a “superior” military force?	2108	DDM201
Why did Stalin recriminalize homosexuality in Russia after Lenin decriminalized it?	2108	brokensilence32
Did American men really wear a coat and tie at home during the 1930s and 1940s?	2108	p38-lightning
I understand tropical fruits were rare in medieval Europe. So how did the colour orange become synonymous with the fruit rather than the more common carrot?	2108	Xythian208
In Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket", an American soldier indiscriminately guns down Vietnamese civilians from the helicopter. Did this kind of blatant killing of civilians happen in the war? Was this scene accurate?	2107	10z20Luka
The top 3 serial killers with the most confirmed kill counts were all Colombians, although they were active in different periods. Was there any socioeconomical or cultural explanation to this?	2107	i_hate_usernames
Why was Manhattan built without any alleys?	2107	henry_fords_ghost
It’s the late 7th century in the Umayyad Caliphate and my wife is about to give birth to our first son. My name is Ismail, but we are thinking to name our son Ahmed. Under what conditions and after how long would my friends who have known me my entire life as Ismail start calling me Abu Ahmed?	2107	LongNectarine
Lord Palmerston quipped “The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Why was it irresolvable without war?	2106	LeChevalierMal-Fait