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What led the Welsh & English to unite against the Vikings in Powys at the Battle of Buttington?

770 upvotes • ProductOfUK

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Did any captured Africans, on their way to slavery, successfully manage to not only revolt on the ship but seize control and steer it to land during the trans Atlantic slave trade?

770 upvotes • Acerpacer

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Did the British Army "acquire" any important American artifacts before they burned Washington DC during the War of 1812? If so, are they still in the British Museum today?

770 upvotes • Cagey898

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What was the protective coating applied to American tanks crossing the Atlantic during WW2?

769 upvotes • GunnarHamundarson

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Did people always 'make out'? How was attraction expressed physically throughout, for example, early colonial USA?

769 upvotes • Maybe_A_Lawyer

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In America, did slave-owners attempt to breed their slaves in a way that selected for better physical traits? NSFW

769 upvotes • Super-Saiyan-Singh

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Has there ever been a battle where the opposing soldiers simply refused to fight?

768 upvotes • AdultSupervision

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Did most British scholars in the early 20th century envision their African and Indian holdings to be kept forever?

768 upvotes • Vladith

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Should we call the German soldiers that fought in WWII "Nazi soldiers" or "German Soldiers"?

768 upvotes • gleibniz

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Why was Denmark able to dominate Scandinavia for a few hundred years despite being the smallest of the countries?

768 upvotes • Hyo38

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What led the Welsh & English to unite against the Vikings in Powys at the Battle of Buttington?	770	ProductOfUK
Did any captured Africans, on their way to slavery, successfully manage to not only revolt on the ship but seize control and steer it to land during the trans Atlantic slave trade?	770	Acerpacer
Did the British Army "acquire" any important American artifacts before they burned Washington DC during the War of 1812? If so, are they still in the British Museum today?	770	Cagey898
What was the protective coating applied to American tanks crossing the Atlantic during WW2?	769	GunnarHamundarson
Did people always 'make out'? How was attraction expressed physically throughout, for example, early colonial USA?	769	Maybe_A_Lawyer
In America, did slave-owners attempt to breed their slaves in a way that selected for better physical traits? NSFW	769	Super-Saiyan-Singh
Has there ever been a battle where the opposing soldiers simply refused to fight?	768	AdultSupervision
Did most British scholars in the early 20th century envision their African and Indian holdings to be kept forever?	768	Vladith
Should we call the German soldiers that fought in WWII "Nazi soldiers" or "German Soldiers"?	768	gleibniz
Why was Denmark able to dominate Scandinavia for a few hundred years despite being the smallest of the countries?	768	Hyo38