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Why does English have so many more exonyms for Italian cities than other European countries?

611 upvotes • kalam4z00

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Were the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians really more open about homosexuality?

610 upvotes • Flora_295fidei

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What happened to Jewish veterans of the first world war in Nazi Germany?

610 upvotes • Kradish

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Why did the KKK have such weird titles?

610 upvotes • KaisersAndKaiserins

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Why were lobotomies so popular, and what did an "ideal result" look like?

610 upvotes • TheGreenAlchemist

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How did the people of Imperial Japan view their German allies in WW2 and vice versa?

609 upvotes • countlazypenis

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How did troops in WWII and WWI not go completely deaf?

609 upvotes • MoviesTickleMyFancy

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Spain was a dictatorship until 1978, whilst all the other counties in Western Europe were democracies. How did the West treat Spain in the period 1945-78? Was there constant pressure on Spain to democratise?

609 upvotes • ajbrown141

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I've read that during WWII Japanese soldiers who were captured were reported as dead in Japan. How did Japanese society view them if they were repatriated after the war?

609 upvotes • thirtyminutelunch

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The atrocities of Nazi Germany are widely documented and studied relatively extensively in high school. Why are the atrocities of early 20th century Russia and the Former Soviet Union relatively glossed over?

609 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does English have so many more exonyms for Italian cities than other European countries?	611	kalam4z00
Were the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians really more open about homosexuality?	610	Flora_295fidei
What happened to Jewish veterans of the first world war in Nazi Germany?	610	Kradish
Why did the KKK have such weird titles?	610	KaisersAndKaiserins
Why were lobotomies so popular, and what did an "ideal result" look like?	610	TheGreenAlchemist
How did the people of Imperial Japan view their German allies in WW2 and vice versa?	609	countlazypenis
How did troops in WWII and WWI not go completely deaf?	609	MoviesTickleMyFancy
Spain was a dictatorship until 1978, whilst all the other counties in Western Europe were democracies. How did the West treat Spain in the period 1945-78? Was there constant pressure on Spain to democratise?	609	ajbrown141
I've read that during WWII Japanese soldiers who were captured were reported as dead in Japan. How did Japanese society view them if they were repatriated after the war?	609	thirtyminutelunch
The atrocities of Nazi Germany are widely documented and studied relatively extensively in high school. Why are the atrocities of early 20th century Russia and the Former Soviet Union relatively glossed over?	609	[deleted]