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Theresa May beat Ramsay MacDonald's 1924 record government defeat (166) in the House of Commons last night. However, most news reports only include the modern era. What was the largest defeat in divisions pre-MacDonald, and what affect did it have on the government?

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Why did the Vikings bother massacring defenceless monks at places like Lindisfarne?

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How did ideas of masculinity evolve in Victorian Britain?

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[WP] You die, and your organs are donated. A few days later you are disturbed from eternal slumber when you realise that through some cosmic mistake you can still see through your freshly donated eyes.

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How did Austria-Hungary, a country undergoing internal constitutional and civil crisis, react to the 1905 revolution in Russia?

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Who has proposed that Holocaust denial should be "ignored," and what is the rationale behind this?

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Were some European colonial regimes more popular than others? Did people in Africa ever try to flee to or join another regime?

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Were there any significant independence movements from the states of Germany after 1871?

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How similar was the United States to Britain after independence? What ideas and attitudes remained? Was the early United States simply another empire?

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[AMA Request] Prince Michael of Sealand

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Theresa May beat Ramsay MacDonald's 1924 record government defeat (166) in the House of Commons last night. However, most news reports only include the modern era. What was the largest defeat in divisions pre-MacDonald, and what affect did it have on the government?	154	AskHistorians
Why did the Vikings bother massacring defenceless monks at places like Lindisfarne?	105	AskHistorians
How did ideas of masculinity evolve in Victorian Britain?	54	AskHistorians
[WP] You die, and your organs are donated. A few days later you are disturbed from eternal slumber when you realise that through some cosmic mistake you can still see through your freshly donated eyes.	44	WritingPrompts
How did Austria-Hungary, a country undergoing internal constitutional and civil crisis, react to the 1905 revolution in Russia?	31	AskHistorians
Who has proposed that Holocaust denial should be "ignored," and what is the rationale behind this?	16	AskHistorians
Were some European colonial regimes more popular than others? Did people in Africa ever try to flee to or join another regime?	10	AskHistorians
Were there any significant independence movements from the states of Germany after 1871?	8	AskHistorians
How similar was the United States to Britain after independence? What ideas and attitudes remained? Was the early United States simply another empire?	6	AskHistorians
[AMA Request] Prince Michael of Sealand	3	IAmA