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I believe my ancestor may have been involved in an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm I in the early 1880s. Can anyone help with the details of this event?

1534 upvotes • sunsile

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Were there any casualties in WW2 from unexploded WW1 bombs?

1534 upvotes • moderndaydevil

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What did ancient or even medieval Indians refer to their religion as before the British coined the term "Hinduism" ?

1534 upvotes • razycal970

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I’m from Aruba, small island in the Caribbean. My grandparents always told me they had to switch off their lights at night during WW2 to not be spotted by German aircraft. How is this possible if Germany never sent its aircraft carriers to the Caribbean?

1534 upvotes • WadiyahnSoldier

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Did ancient Greeks actually wear breastplates with muscles molded on?

1534 upvotes • quesoandcats

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What did Charles V mean by “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse”?

1533 upvotes • SnooLentils1689

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In the BBC series ‘Peaky Blinders’, the characters from Russian nobility are shown to have wild and crazy, sex and alcohol fuelled parties. They do this in the open and it’s implied to be normal in that culture. What truth is there to this? Where they really so open and sexually free?

1533 upvotes • Hitchens97

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Why are the names for 11 and 12 unique?

1532 upvotes • HumbleFox

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When the Catholic Church banned the sale of indulgences, what explanation did they give to the people who had bought them for themselves or family members? What did they say happened to them?

1532 upvotes • nowlan101

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Besides "government cheese" and "military chocolate," were there any other widely consumed generic foods distributed by the U.S.? If so, who made them?

1532 upvotes • Buzz_Buzz_Buzz_

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I believe my ancestor may have been involved in an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm I in the early 1880s. Can anyone help with the details of this event?	1534	sunsile
Were there any casualties in WW2 from unexploded WW1 bombs?	1534	moderndaydevil
What did ancient or even medieval Indians refer to their religion as before the British coined the term "Hinduism" ?	1534	razycal970
I’m from Aruba, small island in the Caribbean. My grandparents always told me they had to switch off their lights at night during WW2 to not be spotted by German aircraft. How is this possible if Germany never sent its aircraft carriers to the Caribbean?	1534	WadiyahnSoldier
Did ancient Greeks actually wear breastplates with muscles molded on?	1534	quesoandcats
What did Charles V mean by “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse”?	1533	SnooLentils1689
In the BBC series ‘Peaky Blinders’, the characters from Russian nobility are shown to have wild and crazy, sex and alcohol fuelled parties. They do this in the open and it’s implied to be normal in that culture. What truth is there to this? Where they really so open and sexually free?	1533	Hitchens97
Why are the names for 11 and 12 unique?	1532	HumbleFox
When the Catholic Church banned the sale of indulgences, what explanation did they give to the people who had bought them for themselves or family members? What did they say happened to them?	1532	nowlan101
Besides "government cheese" and "military chocolate," were there any other widely consumed generic foods distributed by the U.S.? If so, who made them?	1532	Buzz_Buzz_Buzz_