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Are there any US Presidents who suffered from mental illnesses like depression, PTSD, addiction, phobias, etc.?

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How much military/political/cultural diversity was there in ancient China? For instance, how distinguishable were the Three Kingdoms from each other?

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How did the Japanese anime, manga, light novel, and visual novel industries become so interconnected?

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Were Napoleon and Wellington portrayed as rivals/nemeses during their lifetimes? Did they perceive each other that way?

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How did the United States react to the Revolutions of 1848?

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During WW2 Germany and Japan economically exploited their occupied territories to pay for the war. Did the Allies to anything similar?

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"War speeds up technological advancement" Have historians ever tried to rigorously test this truism?

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During WW2 did the Soviet Union have any superweapon projects?

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Did the Confederacy build it's military from scratch or just relabel a bunch of state and federal military units that had transferred loyaties?

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In WW2 did Germany mistreat African American or Jewish American POWs more than white American POWs?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are there any US Presidents who suffered from mental illnesses like depression, PTSD, addiction, phobias, etc.?	118
How much military/political/cultural diversity was there in ancient China? For instance, how distinguishable were the Three Kingdoms from each other?	116
How did the Japanese anime, manga, light novel, and visual novel industries become so interconnected?	95
Were Napoleon and Wellington portrayed as rivals/nemeses during their lifetimes? Did they perceive each other that way?	94
How did the United States react to the Revolutions of 1848?	90
During WW2 Germany and Japan economically exploited their occupied territories to pay for the war. Did the Allies to anything similar?	73
"War speeds up technological advancement" Have historians ever tried to rigorously test this truism?	72
During WW2 did the Soviet Union have any superweapon projects?	66
Did the Confederacy build it's military from scratch or just relabel a bunch of state and federal military units that had transferred loyaties?	63
In WW2 did Germany mistreat African American or Jewish American POWs more than white American POWs?	62