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During Ancient Greek battles did enemies who had fought during the day really collect their dead right next to each other at night?

1173 upvotes • Forgotten_Lie

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When my Dad was in the Australian Army Reserve in the mid 1980's he heard rumors that following WW2 a small amount of Japanese equipment and evidence of Japanese camps were found in Cape York (presumably from scouting missions), Is there any possible truth to these rumours?

1173 upvotes • yelloyo1

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In Sinclair's The Jungle he describes horrible conditions at meat packing plants in Chicago including such horrific things as workers falling into machinery and being ground up with the meat. Granted his book is a work of fiction, but how widespread where these horrific conditions at the time?

1173 upvotes • MediocrePenisNumber6

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I'm interested to know how the political attitude in Germany changed after WW2 from what appeared to be predominantly nationalist and anti-semitic facism to the democracy we know today.

1173 upvotes • blu_skydive

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In a rigid caste system, such as Feudal Japan and India, what happened when a son born into the warrior caste doesn't want to be a warrior?

1172 upvotes • prozergter

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What do Historians think of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States?

1172 upvotes • mrlaverne

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Were many families ‘outed’ by noisy kids who didn’t understand their peril in the Nazi extermination of the Jews and other minorities

1172 upvotes • Wrexhamjona

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Soy is extremely popular in much of Asia, but never became a major crop in India, nor did it spread along the silk road to Europe. Do we know why such an important crop stayed regional?

1172 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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AITA for accidentally putting a hit out on my best friend, imprisoning my wife, and not giving my sons every little thing they want?

1171 upvotes • Henry2Curtmantle

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Did slavery exist in China and if so how widespread was it and how did it differentiate from European or Arabic slavery?

1170 upvotes • KaptenBrunsylt

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During Ancient Greek battles did enemies who had fought during the day really collect their dead right next to each other at night?	1173	Forgotten_Lie
When my Dad was in the Australian Army Reserve in the mid 1980's he heard rumors that following WW2 a small amount of Japanese equipment and evidence of Japanese camps were found in Cape York (presumably from scouting missions), Is there any possible truth to these rumours?	1173	yelloyo1
In Sinclair's The Jungle he describes horrible conditions at meat packing plants in Chicago including such horrific things as workers falling into machinery and being ground up with the meat. Granted his book is a work of fiction, but how widespread where these horrific conditions at the time?	1173	MediocrePenisNumber6
I'm interested to know how the political attitude in Germany changed after WW2 from what appeared to be predominantly nationalist and anti-semitic facism to the democracy we know today.	1173	blu_skydive
In a rigid caste system, such as Feudal Japan and India, what happened when a son born into the warrior caste doesn't want to be a warrior?	1172	prozergter
What do Historians think of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States?	1172	mrlaverne
Were many families ‘outed’ by noisy kids who didn’t understand their peril in the Nazi extermination of the Jews and other minorities	1172	Wrexhamjona
Soy is extremely popular in much of Asia, but never became a major crop in India, nor did it spread along the silk road to Europe. Do we know why such an important crop stayed regional?	1172	RusticBohemian
AITA for accidentally putting a hit out on my best friend, imprisoning my wife, and not giving my sons every little thing they want?	1171	Henry2Curtmantle
Did slavery exist in China and if so how widespread was it and how did it differentiate from European or Arabic slavery?	1170	KaptenBrunsylt