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Were there any U.S. politicians that argued or actively fought against us going to the Moon?

1695 upvotes • fongaboo

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Was it easy for criminals 100+ years ago to change their identity to avoid getting caught?

1695 upvotes • rmkensington

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How did medieval Europeans explain the "nightless nights" in northern Scandinavia?

1695 upvotes • Cookielolz

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People joke about how realistically Captain America ought to have repellent views, but how would an average working class Irish-American man from Brooklyn have viewed racial segregation?

1695 upvotes • AccessTheMainframe

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World War 1 forts, such as at Liege or Verdun, were vast underground structures, but above ground they look to be just a dome with one to two guns therein. Why were these structures with seemingly limited firepower considered “impassable” against the enormity of passing armies?

1694 upvotes • Ditka_in_your_Butkus

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How old is Mongolian throat singing? Would Genghis Khan have been familiar with this style of music?

1694 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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How did premodern cities clear their streets after massive blizzards before the invention of snowplows and snowblowers? Huge shovel brigades? Were horses pulling plows?

1694 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Switzerland, Austria and Germany famously have "hidden champions" - small and mid-sized enterprises that are world leaders in their field but relatively obscure. Are there any goods reads on how they became so successful and history behind it?

1694 upvotes • Shashank1000

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Our community was featured this month in the American Historical Association magazine! | "Have a Question about the Past? AskHistorians."

1693 upvotes • caffarelli

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Why didn’t Mississippi basin have as large a population as Ganges basin in India or Yangtze in China?

1693 upvotes • Tri_acc

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were there any U.S. politicians that argued or actively fought against us going to the Moon?	1695	fongaboo
Was it easy for criminals 100+ years ago to change their identity to avoid getting caught?	1695	rmkensington
How did medieval Europeans explain the "nightless nights" in northern Scandinavia?	1695	Cookielolz
People joke about how realistically Captain America ought to have repellent views, but how would an average working class Irish-American man from Brooklyn have viewed racial segregation?	1695	AccessTheMainframe
World War 1 forts, such as at Liege or Verdun, were vast underground structures, but above ground they look to be just a dome with one to two guns therein. Why were these structures with seemingly limited firepower considered “impassable” against the enormity of passing armies?	1694	Ditka_in_your_Butkus
How old is Mongolian throat singing? Would Genghis Khan have been familiar with this style of music?	1694	10z20Luka
How did premodern cities clear their streets after massive blizzards before the invention of snowplows and snowblowers? Huge shovel brigades? Were horses pulling plows?	1694	RusticBohemian
Switzerland, Austria and Germany famously have "hidden champions" - small and mid-sized enterprises that are world leaders in their field but relatively obscure. Are there any goods reads on how they became so successful and history behind it?	1694	Shashank1000
Our community was featured this month in the American Historical Association magazine! \| "Have a Question about the Past? AskHistorians."	1693	caffarelli
Why didn’t Mississippi basin have as large a population as Ganges basin in India or Yangtze in China?	1693	Tri_acc