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Was a longsword swing really completely ineffective against full plate armour in a high/late medieval setting?

880 upvotes • Corsair833

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Why do neo-Nazis and White supremacists deny the Holocaust? (please read for the question in-depth)

879 upvotes • Throwaway_4422006699

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Puerto Rico has approved becoming the 51st State, history in the making. So what happens now? How is it different from the last few States to join the Union?

878 upvotes • Talynn

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What’s so great about the Great Zimbabwe?

878 upvotes • Chilly5

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What happened to all of the photos Malcolm X took?

878 upvotes • jph_otography

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We often hear about Aztec kingship, and Moctezuma II (Montezuma) is a legend to today. What can you tell me about Aztec queens?

877 upvotes • sunagainstgold

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Would Sporus really have been raped and murdered in a public spectacle?

877 upvotes • BaronBifford

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Why Were a Disproportionate Amount of Japanese Prime Ministers Christians?

877 upvotes • SignedName

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[META] Please, please, please stop with the straw man attacks in responses

877 upvotes • DNASnatcher

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How Accurate is HBO's Band of Brothers?

876 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was a longsword swing really completely ineffective against full plate armour in a high/late medieval setting?	880	Corsair833
Why do neo-Nazis and White supremacists deny the Holocaust? (please read for the question in-depth)	879	Throwaway_4422006699
Puerto Rico has approved becoming the 51st State, history in the making. So what happens now? How is it different from the last few States to join the Union?	878	Talynn
What’s so great about the Great Zimbabwe?	878	Chilly5
What happened to all of the photos Malcolm X took?	878	jph_otography
We often hear about Aztec kingship, and Moctezuma II (Montezuma) is a legend to today. What can you tell me about Aztec queens?	877	sunagainstgold
Would Sporus really have been raped and murdered in a public spectacle?	877	BaronBifford
Why Were a Disproportionate Amount of Japanese Prime Ministers Christians?	877	SignedName
[META] Please, please, please stop with the straw man attacks in responses	877	DNASnatcher
How Accurate is HBO's Band of Brothers?	876	[deleted]