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In the First World War, what was the difference between well-trained elite units and inexperienced recruits?

527 upvotes • zomskii

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Was it actually possible/a-done-thing to caulk a Conestoga Wagon and float down a river Oregon Trail style?

527 upvotes • SalMinellaOnYouTube

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How often did heads of state (Hitler, Churchill, Stalin) visit the front lines in WW2?

526 upvotes • CushtyJVftw

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How did women fulfil their romantic/sexual needs during WW1/II? NSFW

526 upvotes • lemonsqueezerz

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China's one child policy was much less strict for ethnic minorities. What was the reasoning behind this? And has it resulted in more prosperous/numerous minorities?

526 upvotes • lmmerse1

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Was the tenant/landlord relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Mrs. Hudson typical of the 1890’s?

526 upvotes • 37BrokenMicrowaves

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Dante's 'Divine Comedy' features 8 verses written in Occitan, while the rest is in Italian. Today, Occitan is not widely spoken and is scarcely known. What was Occitan's cultural significance at the time of Dante's writing, and why did it lose prominence in the centuries after?

526 upvotes • TendingTheirGarden

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Why did Sir William Hamilton allow Horatio Nelson, his wife’s extra-marital lover, to cohabit with them?

526 upvotes • KingOfTheRiverlands

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How clean were the Vikings?

525 upvotes • [deleted]

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I read (I forget where) that the Soviets advanced analog computers while the Americans chose to develop digital computers. What was the product of 30+ years of analog computer research?

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In the First World War, what was the difference between well-trained elite units and inexperienced recruits?	527	zomskii
Was it actually possible/a-done-thing to caulk a Conestoga Wagon and float down a river Oregon Trail style?	527	SalMinellaOnYouTube
How often did heads of state (Hitler, Churchill, Stalin) visit the front lines in WW2?	526	CushtyJVftw
How did women fulfil their romantic/sexual needs during WW1/II? NSFW	526	lemonsqueezerz
China's one child policy was much less strict for ethnic minorities. What was the reasoning behind this? And has it resulted in more prosperous/numerous minorities?	526	lmmerse1
Was the tenant/landlord relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Mrs. Hudson typical of the 1890’s?	526	37BrokenMicrowaves
Dante's 'Divine Comedy' features 8 verses written in Occitan, while the rest is in Italian. Today, Occitan is not widely spoken and is scarcely known. What was Occitan's cultural significance at the time of Dante's writing, and why did it lose prominence in the centuries after?	526	TendingTheirGarden
Why did Sir William Hamilton allow Horatio Nelson, his wife’s extra-marital lover, to cohabit with them?	526	KingOfTheRiverlands
How clean were the Vikings?	525	[deleted]
I read (I forget where) that the Soviets advanced analog computers while the Americans chose to develop digital computers. What was the product of 30+ years of analog computer research?	525	[deleted]