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More than sixty-five percent of American soldiers serving in Vietnam were volunteers. Was there a great bout of patriotism, or a belief in the cause that lead to this volunteering? Did volunteers dry up as the war dragged on and the situation was better understood back home?

2043 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why is antisemitism so prevalent?

2043 upvotes • TJ736

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How did the working class in America come to largely turn on unions and socialism after the 1930s?

2042 upvotes • Harpers_Ferry

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Why do some historians say Nazi Germany was headed for collapse due to bloated military spending, while the U.S. came out of WW2 with a massive economic boom. What's the difference?

2041 upvotes • NFB42

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Why have Jews been expelled in so many countries?

2041 upvotes • the-mattman

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Malcolm X (and others) took the name "X" to symbolize the loss of his tribal name. Why didn't this trend continue? Are there any examples of this trend modernly?

2041 upvotes • Daedalus128

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While the Nazis are clearly the bad guys in Casablanca (1942), they're nevertheless portrayed as superficially affable at times and, while authoritarian, don't quite seem the very epitome of evil that they rightly became once the Holocaust was exposed. How much was known then about Nazi atrocities?

2041 upvotes • JJVMT

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How did gold, silver, and bronze become the standard first, second, and third place medals?

2041 upvotes • SaintShrink

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"Mana" is a real concept from Polynesian cosmologies. How did it come to enter Western pop culture as a standard term for points expended to power magic?

2040 upvotes • CommodoreCoCo

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How did the Native Americans season their foods? What sorts of spices and flavorings did they use?

2039 upvotes • Commercial_Film_7402

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
More than sixty-five percent of American soldiers serving in Vietnam were volunteers. Was there a great bout of patriotism, or a belief in the cause that lead to this volunteering? Did volunteers dry up as the war dragged on and the situation was better understood back home?	2043	RusticBohemian
Why is antisemitism so prevalent?	2043	TJ736
How did the working class in America come to largely turn on unions and socialism after the 1930s?	2042	Harpers_Ferry
Why do some historians say Nazi Germany was headed for collapse due to bloated military spending, while the U.S. came out of WW2 with a massive economic boom. What's the difference?	2041	NFB42
Why have Jews been expelled in so many countries?	2041	the-mattman
Malcolm X (and others) took the name "X" to symbolize the loss of his tribal name. Why didn't this trend continue? Are there any examples of this trend modernly?	2041	Daedalus128
While the Nazis are clearly the bad guys in Casablanca (1942), they're nevertheless portrayed as superficially affable at times and, while authoritarian, don't quite seem the very epitome of evil that they rightly became once the Holocaust was exposed. How much was known then about Nazi atrocities?	2041	JJVMT
How did gold, silver, and bronze become the standard first, second, and third place medals?	2041	SaintShrink
"Mana" is a real concept from Polynesian cosmologies. How did it come to enter Western pop culture as a standard term for points expended to power magic?	2040	CommodoreCoCo
How did the Native Americans season their foods? What sorts of spices and flavorings did they use?	2039	Commercial_Film_7402