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Did Nazi Germany have its own version of the USO, sending out celebrities to entertain its troops?

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How come tiny Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada, instead of being part of a larger province?

427 upvotes

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How were the Watergate hearings, and Nixon's resignation, covered in Soviet media?

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The sitcom "Three's Company" featured a straight character pretending to be gay. At the time, what did gay-rights activists think about the show?

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Legend has it that dummy blueprints for the Concorde, featuring design errors, were created to fool Soviet agents - and that the USSR's supersonic airliner, the TU-144, featured some of these flaws. Is that true?

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Discount store chains Walmart, Target, Kmart and Woolco all opened in 1962. Why did Woolco fail while the others succeeded?

283 upvotes

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Why did the Soviet Union have TV commercials and advertising?

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Why were some German companies closely tied to the Nazis (Daimler-Benz, for example) allowed to continue after the war, instead of being broken up like IG Farben?

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Did the Soviet Union and its allies have their own version of "top 40" radio, and if so, which Western artists received airplay?

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Have Holocaust revisionists (aka deniers) ever legitimately discovered anything that affected how mainstream historians view the Holocaust?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Nazi Germany have its own version of the USO, sending out celebrities to entertain its troops?	1910
How come tiny Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada, instead of being part of a larger province?	427
How were the Watergate hearings, and Nixon's resignation, covered in Soviet media?	425
The sitcom "Three's Company" featured a straight character pretending to be gay. At the time, what did gay-rights activists think about the show?	420
Legend has it that dummy blueprints for the Concorde, featuring design errors, were created to fool Soviet agents - and that the USSR's supersonic airliner, the TU-144, featured some of these flaws. Is that true?	382
Discount store chains Walmart, Target, Kmart and Woolco all opened in 1962. Why did Woolco fail while the others succeeded?	283
Why did the Soviet Union have TV commercials and advertising?	265
Why were some German companies closely tied to the Nazis (Daimler-Benz, for example) allowed to continue after the war, instead of being broken up like IG Farben?	260
Did the Soviet Union and its allies have their own version of "top 40" radio, and if so, which Western artists received airplay?	176
Have Holocaust revisionists (aka deniers) ever legitimately discovered anything that affected how mainstream historians view the Holocaust?	129