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Redditors! Marvel in the glory of your new mods!

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A primary source I came across lumped Hitler, Stalin, and Fiorello La Guardia together. What made La Guardia a controversial figure in 1940s New York?

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What was the process of homosexuality moving from categorization as a mental illness to its normalization?

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What were the primary colors used in clothing and shields by Vikings?

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Hitler, Stalin, and La Guardia walk into a bar? Why was Fiorello LaGuardia lumped in with those two in a primary source I found? Why was he controversial?

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What is the significance of the recent news that someone solved the Voynich manuscript?

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How has Gen. Montgomery's image changed in the UK over the 75 years since WWII?

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Zhuge Liang: Fact vs. Fiction

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Never Forgotten, Never Again: Recentering Narratives of Historical Violence

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How did the people of the Marquesas Islands (or others) make their way to the Hawaiian Islands? What techniques/special skills would they have used, what items did they take with them, how did they alter the environment they found there.

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Redditors! Marvel in the glory of your new mods!	2289
A primary source I came across lumped Hitler, Stalin, and Fiorello La Guardia together. What made La Guardia a controversial figure in 1940s New York?	187
What was the process of homosexuality moving from categorization as a mental illness to its normalization?	128
What were the primary colors used in clothing and shields by Vikings?	116
Hitler, Stalin, and La Guardia walk into a bar? Why was Fiorello LaGuardia lumped in with those two in a primary source I found? Why was he controversial?	94
What is the significance of the recent news that someone solved the Voynich manuscript?	65
How has Gen. Montgomery's image changed in the UK over the 75 years since WWII?	59
Zhuge Liang: Fact vs. Fiction	57
Never Forgotten, Never Again: Recentering Narratives of Historical Violence	55
How did the people of the Marquesas Islands (or others) make their way to the Hawaiian Islands? What techniques/special skills would they have used, what items did they take with them, how did they alter the environment they found there.	54