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Did Robert E. Lee really join the Confederates because he "Loved his native state of Virginia"? Or is that revisionist history that makes him seem like a better person than he was?

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In 1913, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived within blocks of each other in Vienna. Was this a coincidence? Or was there something about Vienna that attracted these young men?

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Would today’s most beautiful women (say a Victoria’s Secret Model), be considered attractive at Versailles?

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How was Genghis Khan able to manage his empire given its size and the lack of technology at the time?

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Why are the ivy league colleges so prestigious and elite and well-known? Did their research cause them to become famous and desirable or was it the fact that they were bastions of the elite and privileged or was it due to their age and wealth?

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Why did Napoleon try to conquer Europe? What was he planning on doing with his conquests after he was finished?

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What would be the modern equivalent of the Dutch East India Company? What made it so powerful and wealthy? Why was it so successful? How big was it and how wealthy did the shareholders get?

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Was the My Lai massacre a one-off or were there other instances of US troops massacring innocent Vietnamese civilians?

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Was there a common way for commoners to become noble in Medieval Europe?

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Were contraceptive bans in Connecticut prior to Griswold v. Connecticut actually enforced? How were people caught? What was the punishment? And were most people in Connecticut against it?

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Did Robert E. Lee really join the Confederates because he "Loved his native state of Virginia"? Or is that revisionist history that makes him seem like a better person than he was?	5839	AskHistorians
In 1913, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived within blocks of each other in Vienna. Was this a coincidence? Or was there something about Vienna that attracted these young men?	5706	AskHistorians
Would today’s most beautiful women (say a Victoria’s Secret Model), be considered attractive at Versailles?	1234	AskHistorians
How was Genghis Khan able to manage his empire given its size and the lack of technology at the time?	270	AskHistorians
Why are the ivy league colleges so prestigious and elite and well-known? Did their research cause them to become famous and desirable or was it the fact that they were bastions of the elite and privileged or was it due to their age and wealth?	248	AskHistorians
Why did Napoleon try to conquer Europe? What was he planning on doing with his conquests after he was finished?	34	AskHistorians
What would be the modern equivalent of the Dutch East India Company? What made it so powerful and wealthy? Why was it so successful? How big was it and how wealthy did the shareholders get?	27	AskHistorians
Was the My Lai massacre a one-off or were there other instances of US troops massacring innocent Vietnamese civilians?	21	AskHistorians
Was there a common way for commoners to become noble in Medieval Europe?	10	AskHistorians
Were contraceptive bans in Connecticut prior to Griswold v. Connecticut actually enforced? How were people caught? What was the punishment? And were most people in Connecticut against it?	9	AskHistorians