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According to Anthony Beevor's "The Second World War", the Japanese Military had an officer led policy of eating prisoners. Is this true, and if so why aren't people mad as hell about it?

496 upvotes • mrtacoswildride

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Why is Poland still that religious after decades of communism while the Czech Republic did become primarly atheist?

496 upvotes • Weltenstuermer

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What was Journalism like in the medieval era? If a knight won a tournament, would he be "interviewed"?

496 upvotes • Darksynth2

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Why did USA give Japan an ultimatum to "open" their economy? - Why was trade with Japan so important to USA that they were willing to go to war with them over it

496 upvotes • MyNameIsChez

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Did the Roman Colosseum have toilets? I've read that over it could accommodate up to 50k people so it must of had some kind of bathroom area?

496 upvotes • prakitmasala

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When I was a high school student, in one of my history classes when we were studying the effects of World War 2, my teacher started telling us a story about a Jewish family trying to save themselves from Hitler. But she never got to finish it because she retired suddenly.

496 upvotes • iamakyra

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Why British Empire bankrupted after WW2, yet USSR did not collapse or become third-rate power (and even grew into superpower), despite suffering much greater devastation and 27 million deaths?

496 upvotes • SiarX

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Why is Phoenix so big?

496 upvotes • ElectivireMax

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What was student life like at a medieval European university?

496 upvotes • Kimathique

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Currently in the Irish national archeological museum, how did ancient peoples get this much gold???

496 upvotes • alphamonkey27

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According to Anthony Beevor's "The Second World War", the Japanese Military had an officer led policy of eating prisoners. Is this true, and if so why aren't people mad as hell about it?	496	mrtacoswildride
Why is Poland still that religious after decades of communism while the Czech Republic did become primarly atheist?	496	Weltenstuermer
What was Journalism like in the medieval era? If a knight won a tournament, would he be "interviewed"?	496	Darksynth2
Why did USA give Japan an ultimatum to "open" their economy? - Why was trade with Japan so important to USA that they were willing to go to war with them over it	496	MyNameIsChez
Did the Roman Colosseum have toilets? I've read that over it could accommodate up to 50k people so it must of had some kind of bathroom area?	496	prakitmasala
When I was a high school student, in one of my history classes when we were studying the effects of World War 2, my teacher started telling us a story about a Jewish family trying to save themselves from Hitler. But she never got to finish it because she retired suddenly.	496	iamakyra
Why British Empire bankrupted after WW2, yet USSR did not collapse or become third-rate power (and even grew into superpower), despite suffering much greater devastation and 27 million deaths?	496	SiarX
Why is Phoenix so big?	496	ElectivireMax
What was student life like at a medieval European university?	496	Kimathique
Currently in the Irish national archeological museum, how did ancient peoples get this much gold???	496	alphamonkey27