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How accurate is this piece? "Before Capitalism, Medieval Peasants Got More Vacation Time Than You. Here’s Why."

2017 upvotes • ChiefExecAsshole

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Why did Italian cuisine become so popular in the northeastern United States, and not the cuisines of other immigrants like Irish and Russian?

2016 upvotes • nikuk_nukakiwaa

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How did George H.W. Bush manage to lose the 1992 election after the success of Desert Storm?

2016 upvotes • ottolouis

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Was there any cultural divide in pre-war Korea?

2015 upvotes • faceofjoe

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IAMA lecturer in human osteoarchaeology - the science of understanding human skeletal remains. AMA about what we can tell about a person and their life from their bones, and how we excavate and prepare skeletons for analysis.

2015 upvotes • DrMaryLewis

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How did official commemoration of the Holocaust differ between West Germany and East Germany? Did both countries have conflicting memories about the events of World War Two?

2015 upvotes • nwign

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Is Holocaust denial just a modern issue, or were there Holocaust deniers directly after WWII as well?

2015 upvotes • Bekah679872

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If I lived in western Africa during the height of the Atlantic slave trade, how likely is it that someone I know was captured and shipped to the Americas? Was there a drastic change in culture as a result of the massive loss in population? What societal impact was there?

2014 upvotes • omegasavant

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After the fall of the Habsburg Empire, the Czechs and Slovaks were amalgamated into a single state, Czechoslovakia, rather than immediately forming individual nation-states. Why? What was the historical context behind the formation of Czechoslovakia?

2013 upvotes • normie_sama

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Why is the Holodomor considered a genocide, but the Irish and Bengali famines are not?

2013 upvotes • potato_nugget1

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How accurate is this piece? "Before Capitalism, Medieval Peasants Got More Vacation Time Than You. Here’s Why."	2017	ChiefExecAsshole
Why did Italian cuisine become so popular in the northeastern United States, and not the cuisines of other immigrants like Irish and Russian?	2016	nikuk_nukakiwaa
How did George H.W. Bush manage to lose the 1992 election after the success of Desert Storm?	2016	ottolouis
Was there any cultural divide in pre-war Korea?	2015	faceofjoe
IAMA lecturer in human osteoarchaeology - the science of understanding human skeletal remains. AMA about what we can tell about a person and their life from their bones, and how we excavate and prepare skeletons for analysis.	2015	DrMaryLewis
How did official commemoration of the Holocaust differ between West Germany and East Germany? Did both countries have conflicting memories about the events of World War Two?	2015	nwign
Is Holocaust denial just a modern issue, or were there Holocaust deniers directly after WWII as well?	2015	Bekah679872
If I lived in western Africa during the height of the Atlantic slave trade, how likely is it that someone I know was captured and shipped to the Americas? Was there a drastic change in culture as a result of the massive loss in population? What societal impact was there?	2014	omegasavant
After the fall of the Habsburg Empire, the Czechs and Slovaks were amalgamated into a single state, Czechoslovakia, rather than immediately forming individual nation-states. Why? What was the historical context behind the formation of Czechoslovakia?	2013	normie_sama
Why is the Holodomor considered a genocide, but the Irish and Bengali famines are not?	2013	potato_nugget1