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Traditional Mexican burritos consist of tortilla, meat, and maybe some onion/peppers. So who invented the American "everything but the kitchen sink" style burritos?

390 upvotes • Bluest_waters

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How were WWII veterans treated/viewed in East Germany

390 upvotes • sapperdeboere

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"If it wasn't for the U.S., you'd all be speaking German". Is there any truth to that statement? How is U.S. involvement in the European arena of WW2 taught in the U.S.?

390 upvotes • Ampersand55

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Panel AMA: The World War II of Call of Duty

390 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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In medieval times when people drank alcohol heavily, how were babies able to be born healthy (without fetal alcohol syndrome)? Was their alcohol different from today's drinks?

390 upvotes • zeamp

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If you had extremely blurry vision before glasses were invented were you referred to as blind?

390 upvotes • jpfowler40

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If intentional targeting of civilians in wartime is a war crime, then why bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not a war crime?

390 upvotes • dopenosia

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Can someone confirm whether it was ever illegal for paper money to be filmed or televised in the United States?

390 upvotes • balanceofpower

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Were the Aztecs and Inca aware that the Spanish were the source of the smallpox?

390 upvotes • Wombat1892

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Did Mustafa Kemal Atatürk really order the killing of innocent Kurds?

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Traditional Mexican burritos consist of tortilla, meat, and maybe some onion/peppers. So who invented the American "everything but the kitchen sink" style burritos?	390	Bluest_waters
How were WWII veterans treated/viewed in East Germany	390	sapperdeboere
"If it wasn't for the U.S., you'd all be speaking German". Is there any truth to that statement? How is U.S. involvement in the European arena of WW2 taught in the U.S.?	390	Ampersand55
Panel AMA: The World War II of Call of Duty	390	Georgy_K_Zhukov
In medieval times when people drank alcohol heavily, how were babies able to be born healthy (without fetal alcohol syndrome)? Was their alcohol different from today's drinks?	390	zeamp
If you had extremely blurry vision before glasses were invented were you referred to as blind?	390	jpfowler40
If intentional targeting of civilians in wartime is a war crime, then why bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not a war crime?	390	dopenosia
Can someone confirm whether it was ever illegal for paper money to be filmed or televised in the United States?	390	balanceofpower
Were the Aztecs and Inca aware that the Spanish were the source of the smallpox?	390	Wombat1892
Did Mustafa Kemal Atatürk really order the killing of innocent Kurds?	390	[deleted]