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Why did Napoleon march towards Moscow, burning it, rather than doing it against St Petersburg, the actual capital of the Russian Empire?

392 upvotes • Italicum

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Why was Cavalry so extensively used in the Russian civil war? Hadn’t WWI showed that it was obsolete in the face of advanced artillery & machine guns?

392 upvotes • Damned-scoundrel

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Is "Doomsday prepping" or prepping in general a more modern thing, or are there documented cases of people doing it in the past?

392 upvotes • asdaaaaaaaa

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Can anybody tell me what era this ring is from?

392 upvotes • GIVE_ME_ATTENTION

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Did Napoleon Bonaparte ever actually say "China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move the world."

392 upvotes • BRBaraka

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Did the Romans know about all the best passes through the Alps, or have improved routes been discovered over the centuries?

392 upvotes • thefourthchipmunk

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What did campaigning Greek, Alexandrian and Roman soldiers do about sunburn?

392 upvotes • Ledpidus

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How old is the idea of 3 meals a day? Where is its origin? How universal is it today?

392 upvotes • stupidrobots

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Why has French influence "stuck" in New Orleans? Besides the names, you would never know St Louis or Detroit were French, and there is no original Spanish culture in most of America's Spanish-named cities.

392 upvotes • FricasseeingRabbit

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Just how big a deal was sliced bread, actually?

392 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Napoleon march towards Moscow, burning it, rather than doing it against St Petersburg, the actual capital of the Russian Empire?	392	Italicum
Why was Cavalry so extensively used in the Russian civil war? Hadn’t WWI showed that it was obsolete in the face of advanced artillery & machine guns?	392	Damned-scoundrel
Is "Doomsday prepping" or prepping in general a more modern thing, or are there documented cases of people doing it in the past?	392	asdaaaaaaaa
Can anybody tell me what era this ring is from?	392	GIVE_ME_ATTENTION
Did Napoleon Bonaparte ever actually say "China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move the world."	392	BRBaraka
Did the Romans know about all the best passes through the Alps, or have improved routes been discovered over the centuries?	392	thefourthchipmunk
What did campaigning Greek, Alexandrian and Roman soldiers do about sunburn?	392	Ledpidus
How old is the idea of 3 meals a day? Where is its origin? How universal is it today?	392	stupidrobots
Why has French influence "stuck" in New Orleans? Besides the names, you would never know St Louis or Detroit were French, and there is no original Spanish culture in most of America's Spanish-named cities.	392	FricasseeingRabbit
Just how big a deal was sliced bread, actually?	392	Goat_im_Himmel