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Apparently Napoleon tried to flee to the United States after his defeat at Waterloo and subsequent abdication. What was he planning to do if he arrived in America?

442 upvotes • LordLongSchlong

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Did the Native Americans have the knowledge of using the stars for travel and navigation?

442 upvotes • brotallyswagical_

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Why is Afghanistan the "Graveyard of Empires"?

442 upvotes • OZYMNDX

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Why do the Chinese hate the Dalai Lama so much?

442 upvotes • woundedbreakfast

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When did people start calling decades "The __s," such as "The 40s" or "The 70s?"

442 upvotes • w-e-f-u-n-k

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Often discussion about the USSR tends to focus on it's European SSR's, and the Warsaw pact. What was Soviet rule like in the various Muslim nations under it's rule in Central Asia?

442 upvotes • AirTerrainean

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"Eight million horses and countless mules and donkeys died in the First World War. " "The WWII German Army was 80% Horse Drawn" Is this accurate? How did Germany recover it's horse pop. by the 1940? Did they rely on conquered nations stock?

442 upvotes • 4waystreet

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What did Mandela actually do to be sent to jail for 27 years?

442 upvotes • SirJun

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In today's dollars, how much property damage resulted from the Boston Tea Party?

442 upvotes • uefalona

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Why was the loss of 15,000 Romans at Teutoburg Forest considered such an epic loss when the Romans routinely lost tens of thousands of men in single battles during the Republican period and recovered fairly quickly.

442 upvotes • Bergdorf0221

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Apparently Napoleon tried to flee to the United States after his defeat at Waterloo and subsequent abdication. What was he planning to do if he arrived in America?	442	LordLongSchlong
Did the Native Americans have the knowledge of using the stars for travel and navigation?	442	brotallyswagical_
Why is Afghanistan the "Graveyard of Empires"?	442	OZYMNDX
Why do the Chinese hate the Dalai Lama so much?	442	woundedbreakfast
When did people start calling decades "The __s," such as "The 40s" or "The 70s?"	442	w-e-f-u-n-k
Often discussion about the USSR tends to focus on it's European SSR's, and the Warsaw pact. What was Soviet rule like in the various Muslim nations under it's rule in Central Asia?	442	AirTerrainean
"Eight million horses and countless mules and donkeys died in the First World War. " "The WWII German Army was 80% Horse Drawn" Is this accurate? How did Germany recover it's horse pop. by the 1940? Did they rely on conquered nations stock?	442	4waystreet
What did Mandela actually do to be sent to jail for 27 years?	442	SirJun
In today's dollars, how much property damage resulted from the Boston Tea Party?	442	uefalona
Why was the loss of 15,000 Romans at Teutoburg Forest considered such an epic loss when the Romans routinely lost tens of thousands of men in single battles during the Republican period and recovered fairly quickly.	442	Bergdorf0221