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I have heard Noam Chomsky say that from the 1930's on America was the subject of a huge propaganda campaign to move American opinion to the right.

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Why do medieval churches not have fireplaces? How did those early congregations keep themselves warm in stone buildings?

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Was there any plans for the UK government to relocate to Canada should there be a successful German invasion of Britain in WWII?

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From 1938-1942 Poland was occupied in the West by the Germans and East the Russians. How different did they find the occupiers? Who was the more brutal?

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Churchchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots "never in the field of human conflicts was so much owed by so many to so few". was he right?

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I was a punk rocker in the UK from 1977.

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Historians gather facts and insights from letters written by, to, or about their subjects. These days, few write long personal missives. We now communicate via phones, tweets and emails, all of which are ephemeral. What, then, are the future biographers/Historians going to use as source material?

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Was the Irish famine of 1845-49 due to English government policies or were other factors in play? As a follow up, can it be called a genocide?

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How common are STDs in animals? Do they exist?

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I have heard Noam Chomsky say that from the 1930's on America was the subject of a huge propaganda campaign to move American opinion to the right.

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I have heard Noam Chomsky say that from the 1930's on America was the subject of a huge propaganda campaign to move American opinion to the right.	354	AskHistorians
Why do medieval churches not have fireplaces? How did those early congregations keep themselves warm in stone buildings?	191	AskHistorians
Was there any plans for the UK government to relocate to Canada should there be a successful German invasion of Britain in WWII?	143	AskHistorians
From 1938-1942 Poland was occupied in the West by the Germans and East the Russians. How different did they find the occupiers? Who was the more brutal?	126	AskHistorians
Churchchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots "never in the field of human conflicts was so much owed by so many to so few". was he right?	95	AskHistorians
I was a punk rocker in the UK from 1977.	79	IAmA
Historians gather facts and insights from letters written by, to, or about their subjects. These days, few write long personal missives. We now communicate via phones, tweets and emails, all of which are ephemeral. What, then, are the future biographers/Historians going to use as source material?	58	AskHistorians
Was the Irish famine of 1845-49 due to English government policies or were other factors in play? As a follow up, can it be called a genocide?	47	AskHistorians
How common are STDs in animals? Do they exist?	36	askscience
I have heard Noam Chomsky say that from the 1930's on America was the subject of a huge propaganda campaign to move American opinion to the right.	32	AskHistorians