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At the end of WWII the US famously dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, both cities are still major population cities in Japan today. What was the reason the nuclear fallout didn't turn them into ghost areas like we see with present day Pripyat after Chernobyl?

1816 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was the shape of the Earth ever actually a contentious debate in ancient times? Did a large number of people actually think the Earth was flat or was this a belief that was just erroneously attributed to ancient people retroactively by people in modern times?

19 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In WWII era fighter craft, were there any significant differences in using machine guns as armament versus auto cannons?

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What kind of reparations and restitution programs did Germany implement for concentration camp victims in the post-war aftermath?

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How was Napoleon able to hold his position of power in Europe for so long despite the other major European states consistently forming alliances against him?

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Exactly what was the point of the Munich Agreement from the perspective of Germany if the Germans were going to invade all of Czechoslovakia 6 months later anyway? In other words, why not just skip the pageantry and do that from the start?

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I looked up "Mathematics" on wikipedia. What does wikipedia mean in the introduction where they say "There is no general consensus about its exact scope or epistemological status."?

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Is gender hereditary? For instance, is a boy more likely to have a boy baby and a girl more likely to have a girl baby, but because both are involved in the reproductive process it works out to a 50/50 split?

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At the end of WWII the US famously dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, both cities are still major population cities in Japan today. What was the reason the nuclear fallout didn't turn them into ghost areas like we see with present day Pripyat after Chernobyl?	1816	AskHistorians
Was the shape of the Earth ever actually a contentious debate in ancient times? Did a large number of people actually think the Earth was flat or was this a belief that was just erroneously attributed to ancient people retroactively by people in modern times?	19	AskHistorians
In WWII era fighter craft, were there any significant differences in using machine guns as armament versus auto cannons?	10	AskHistorians
What kind of reparations and restitution programs did Germany implement for concentration camp victims in the post-war aftermath?	5	AskHistorians
How was Napoleon able to hold his position of power in Europe for so long despite the other major European states consistently forming alliances against him?	5	AskHistorians
Exactly what was the point of the Munich Agreement from the perspective of Germany if the Germans were going to invade all of Czechoslovakia 6 months later anyway? In other words, why not just skip the pageantry and do that from the start?	2	AskHistorians
I looked up "Mathematics" on wikipedia. What does wikipedia mean in the introduction where they say "There is no general consensus about its exact scope or epistemological status."?	1	askscience
Is gender hereditary? For instance, is a boy more likely to have a boy baby and a girl more likely to have a girl baby, but because both are involved in the reproductive process it works out to a 50/50 split?	1	askscience