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Generally speaking, how far back in time could you go in the US or UK wearing today's western business attire before being ridiculed for looking "weird"?

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At what point in WWII did most Nazi military commanders realize the war was unwinnable?

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How did Poland retain a sense of national identity and unity as it lost territory in the east but gained new ones in the west?

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What was going on in the Roman Republic while Alexander the Great was conquering the world, and what did they think of him?

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Functionally, what difference was there between life in the Soviet Union's satellite states, it's component SSRs, and the Russian SSR itself?

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What factors led to these areas of the United States being the ones where Native American populations survived post-contact the most intact? (Map enclosed)

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How has the idea of "Armenia" lasted for so long (whether as a region, ethnicity, or de jure government)?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Generally speaking, how far back in time could you go in the US or UK wearing today's western business attire before being ridiculed for looking "weird"?	563
At what point in WWII did most Nazi military commanders realize the war was unwinnable?	434
How did Poland retain a sense of national identity and unity as it lost territory in the east but gained new ones in the west?	58
What was going on in the Roman Republic while Alexander the Great was conquering the world, and what did they think of him?	54
Functionally, what difference was there between life in the Soviet Union's satellite states, it's component SSRs, and the Russian SSR itself?	51
What factors led to these areas of the United States being the ones where Native American populations survived post-contact the most intact? (Map enclosed)	8
How has the idea of "Armenia" lasted for so long (whether as a region, ethnicity, or de jure government)?	1