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In 1968 one of the worlds first successful heart transplants was performed on Philip Blaiberg a white South African who was given the heart of Clive Haupt - a young black man. In the era of "Grand Apartheid" what were the reaction to the ethics of this?

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Is it true that waste fats from household cooking was saved and made to use explosives during WW2?

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During the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956 a western european newspaper claimed that the oil that was not reaching europe could be made up for by production capacity in the western hemisphere. How true was this claim?

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Did the left ever make the argument that explicitly and directly compared living standers of workers in the West with the Soviet Union?

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How important was colonialism in Europes "30 Years War", usually taught as a purely european affair?

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Why were the Nazis so anti-intellectual?

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The Paris Commune happened in 1871, the October Revolution in 1917 - only 46 years later. Do we know how the old Communards reacted to the Bolshevik takeover?

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How important or maybe rather how prevelant is Historical Materialism in contemporaneous historic research?

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Was the example of the USSR often used by the left in western coutries to argue for social programs?

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What is the historical origin of the term "Neckbeard"?

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In 1968 one of the worlds first successful heart transplants was performed on Philip Blaiberg a white South African who was given the heart of Clive Haupt - a young black man. In the era of "Grand Apartheid" what were the reaction to the ethics of this?	242
Is it true that waste fats from household cooking was saved and made to use explosives during WW2?	42
During the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956 a western european newspaper claimed that the oil that was not reaching europe could be made up for by production capacity in the western hemisphere. How true was this claim?	9
Did the left ever make the argument that explicitly and directly compared living standers of workers in the West with the Soviet Union?	8
How important was colonialism in Europes "30 Years War", usually taught as a purely european affair?	7
Why were the Nazis so anti-intellectual?	6
The Paris Commune happened in 1871, the October Revolution in 1917 - only 46 years later. Do we know how the old Communards reacted to the Bolshevik takeover?	5
How important or maybe rather how prevelant is Historical Materialism in contemporaneous historic research?	2
Was the example of the USSR often used by the left in western coutries to argue for social programs?	2
What is the historical origin of the term "Neckbeard"?	2