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Why did the French 4th Republic Collapse? Wikipedia says that there was a threat of a military coup in Paris that was averted when De Gaulle was invited to form a government. Is this broadly correct? How did a Western (super?)power basically have to surrender to a coup d'etat as late as the 1950s?

2051 upvotes • StephenIrelandsGran

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NSFW - Korea Bare breasted woman around 1890? NSFW

2050 upvotes • andromedakun

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ELI5: Were the Nazis given fair trials?

2050 upvotes • _Boba_Fett

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How did last names of colors arise (Blue, Green, Brown, White, Black, Grey), and why have I never seem anyone with the last names Red, Orange, Yellow, etc.?

2049 upvotes • _remedy

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IAMA Classics lecturer and Roman expert who spent 10 years building a detailed 3D model of ancient Rome and turning it into a free online course. AMA about the eternal city!

2049 upvotes • DrMCNicholls

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Why is Haiti so much worse off then the Dominican Republic?

2048 upvotes • VesaAwesaka

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Were prisons in the US segregated? And if so, what was the transition period like?

2048 upvotes • send_me_smart_advice

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Before they decimalised British money in the 1970s what was the oldest a coin could be and still be legal tender?

2047 upvotes • grapp

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The good guys in medieval historical/fantasy fiction are often people who are good at war but hate it, advocating for peace instead. How prevalent (or not) would such attitude have been in real life among the soldiers and commanders of an army?

2046 upvotes • ParallelPain

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Xenephon writes about huge abandoned cities in Persia, why didn't any other civilizations move in to these ghost towns?

2045 upvotes • OdinUSMC

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Why did the French 4th Republic Collapse? Wikipedia says that there was a threat of a military coup in Paris that was averted when De Gaulle was invited to form a government. Is this broadly correct? How did a Western (super?)power basically have to surrender to a coup d'etat as late as the 1950s?	2051	StephenIrelandsGran
NSFW - Korea Bare breasted woman around 1890? NSFW	2050	andromedakun
ELI5: Were the Nazis given fair trials?	2050	_Boba_Fett
How did last names of colors arise (Blue, Green, Brown, White, Black, Grey), and why have I never seem anyone with the last names Red, Orange, Yellow, etc.?	2049	_remedy
IAMA Classics lecturer and Roman expert who spent 10 years building a detailed 3D model of ancient Rome and turning it into a free online course. AMA about the eternal city!	2049	DrMCNicholls
Why is Haiti so much worse off then the Dominican Republic?	2048	VesaAwesaka
Were prisons in the US segregated? And if so, what was the transition period like?	2048	send_me_smart_advice
Before they decimalised British money in the 1970s what was the oldest a coin could be and still be legal tender?	2047	grapp
The good guys in medieval historical/fantasy fiction are often people who are good at war but hate it, advocating for peace instead. How prevalent (or not) would such attitude have been in real life among the soldiers and commanders of an army?	2046	ParallelPain
Xenephon writes about huge abandoned cities in Persia, why didn't any other civilizations move in to these ghost towns?	2045	OdinUSMC