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Did President Truman really have "gender identity" issues?

432 upvotes • superfaxman

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How did the Middle East and North Africa become majority Muslim a few centuries after being conquered, but India was able to remain majority Hindu despite being ruled by Muslim empires for similar amounts of time?

432 upvotes • derstherower

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How much did the Iroquois Nations know about Europe? Not Europeans, but Europe as a whole?

432 upvotes • Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

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Why were Confederate monuments raised in Union and border states?

432 upvotes • Zonkamatic

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In the concentration camps operated by Germany during World War II, would an ordinary guard or soldier have been able to arbitrarily execute prisoners? If not, what would have happened to them if they did? Do you know of any examples of punishment?

432 upvotes • pitcher_planter

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How was Mansa Musa I able to become so wealthy?

432 upvotes • Kane_richards

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In 1139, during the Second Council of Lateran, Pope Innocent II banned the use of crossbows against fellow Christians...was this edict enforced or was it just a symbolic move?

432 upvotes • Normans1066

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It’s been claimed that WW1 lowered the average height in France since taller men were less likely to survive trench warfare. Regardless of that particular claim’s veracity, did casualties from either World War cause long-term demographic impacts for any of the nations involved?

432 upvotes • Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink

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What happened to 'British' breads? Or, what caused the dominance of French and Italian bread in Anglo-Saxon, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish diets?

432 upvotes • OldBoatsBoysClub

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When Brownstones, Mid Century Modern homes, victorian homes, etc were built, did people think they were ugly like we think modern homes are ugly today?

432 upvotes • ThrowRAabbabaaa

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did President Truman really have "gender identity" issues?	432	superfaxman
How did the Middle East and North Africa become majority Muslim a few centuries after being conquered, but India was able to remain majority Hindu despite being ruled by Muslim empires for similar amounts of time?	432	derstherower
How much did the Iroquois Nations know about Europe? Not Europeans, but Europe as a whole?	432	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
Why were Confederate monuments raised in Union and border states?	432	Zonkamatic
In the concentration camps operated by Germany during World War II, would an ordinary guard or soldier have been able to arbitrarily execute prisoners? If not, what would have happened to them if they did? Do you know of any examples of punishment?	432	pitcher_planter
How was Mansa Musa I able to become so wealthy?	432	Kane_richards
In 1139, during the Second Council of Lateran, Pope Innocent II banned the use of crossbows against fellow Christians...was this edict enforced or was it just a symbolic move?	432	Normans1066
It’s been claimed that WW1 lowered the average height in France since taller men were less likely to survive trench warfare. Regardless of that particular claim’s veracity, did casualties from either World War cause long-term demographic impacts for any of the nations involved?	432	Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink
What happened to 'British' breads? Or, what caused the dominance of French and Italian bread in Anglo-Saxon, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish diets?	432	OldBoatsBoysClub
When Brownstones, Mid Century Modern homes, victorian homes, etc were built, did people think they were ugly like we think modern homes are ugly today?	432	ThrowRAabbabaaa