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It’s now established fact that Vikings were in Canada around five centuries before Columbus made his voyage. Why didn’t they remain in America, why didn’t they settle more of the continent?

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Did the Nazis have any intention of telling the German population openly that they had murdered all the Jews in Europe, if they had completed the Holocaust?

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Is there any truth to Max Weber’s hypothesis linking capitalism’s roots and origin to the Protestant reformation?

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After WWII, did the surviving former Nazis still believe that communism was a Jewish phenomenon (the famous canard of Jewish Bolshevism)?

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Was there existential angst and dread in the Middle Ages the way there is now?

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How true is it that Protestantism established a stronger work ethic than was previously the norm?

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Why was the Wehrmacht not declared a criminal organization at Nuremberg like the SS?

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Did medieval scholars engage in self censorship for fear of saying something heretical or against the government? Did Thomas Aquinas do this?

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Why did the USA support right wing dictatorships during the Cold War? Was it necessary?

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Why weren't right wing dictatorships as obsessed with restricting emigration as the communist dictatorships were?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
It’s now established fact that Vikings were in Canada around five centuries before Columbus made his voyage. Why didn’t they remain in America, why didn’t they settle more of the continent?	277
Did the Nazis have any intention of telling the German population openly that they had murdered all the Jews in Europe, if they had completed the Holocaust?	106
Is there any truth to Max Weber’s hypothesis linking capitalism’s roots and origin to the Protestant reformation?	63
After WWII, did the surviving former Nazis still believe that communism was a Jewish phenomenon (the famous canard of Jewish Bolshevism)?	55
Was there existential angst and dread in the Middle Ages the way there is now?	26
How true is it that Protestantism established a stronger work ethic than was previously the norm?	24
Why was the Wehrmacht not declared a criminal organization at Nuremberg like the SS?	15
Did medieval scholars engage in self censorship for fear of saying something heretical or against the government? Did Thomas Aquinas do this?	14
Why did the USA support right wing dictatorships during the Cold War? Was it necessary?	14
Why weren't right wing dictatorships as obsessed with restricting emigration as the communist dictatorships were?	11