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The 1916 British propaganda film “The Battle of the Somme” shows some surprisingly candid footage, including devastated villages and the evacuation of the wounded. What was the logic in showing such raw images to the public?

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Why did Scotland declare that colliers and salters should be hereditary slaves in 1609, and why did it take until 1799 for the British Parliament to abolish the practice?

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Today, Iran and Israel despise one another. Were relations so bad when Iran was under the Pahlavis?

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Suppose a Russian soldier in Petropavlovsk in 1812. Is he aware that Napoleon is invading Russia in the west? Can he be mobilised to defend Moscow? How would he even get there?

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Is there an academic consensus as to how Rudolf Hess died?

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Why were the James Bond films adapted out of order to the books?

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It's generally accepted that the U.S. covertly supplied Israel with nuclear weapons during the Cold War. By comparison, it pressured South Korea to end its nuclear program in 1975. Why the difference in policy?

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I have sometimes read that the Japanese took Hitler’s antisemitic rhetoric at face value: they didn’t persecute their own Jews because they didn’t want to antagonise a world Jewish conspiracy. Is this true? How did Germany respond?

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I have just eaten a sandwich. It was very nice. But how long does it take the carbs to become energy, the protein to become muscles, and the fat to become... more fat?

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Despite being separated by thousands of years and thousands of miles, Sun Tzu and Clausewitz independently developed theories of war that are fundamentally almost identical. Have any cultures developed radically different philosophies of war?

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The 1916 British propaganda film “The Battle of the Somme” shows some surprisingly candid footage, including devastated villages and the evacuation of the wounded. What was the logic in showing such raw images to the public?	2	AskHistorians
Why did Scotland declare that colliers and salters should be hereditary slaves in 1609, and why did it take until 1799 for the British Parliament to abolish the practice?	2	AskHistorians
Today, Iran and Israel despise one another. Were relations so bad when Iran was under the Pahlavis?	1	AskHistorians
Suppose a Russian soldier in Petropavlovsk in 1812. Is he aware that Napoleon is invading Russia in the west? Can he be mobilised to defend Moscow? How would he even get there?	1	AskHistorians
Is there an academic consensus as to how Rudolf Hess died?	1	AskHistorians
Why were the James Bond films adapted out of order to the books?	1	AskHistorians
It's generally accepted that the U.S. covertly supplied Israel with nuclear weapons during the Cold War. By comparison, it pressured South Korea to end its nuclear program in 1975. Why the difference in policy?	1	AskHistorians
I have sometimes read that the Japanese took Hitler’s antisemitic rhetoric at face value: they didn’t persecute their own Jews because they didn’t want to antagonise a world Jewish conspiracy. Is this true? How did Germany respond?	1	AskHistorians
I have just eaten a sandwich. It was very nice. But how long does it take the carbs to become energy, the protein to become muscles, and the fat to become... more fat?	1	askscience
Despite being separated by thousands of years and thousands of miles, Sun Tzu and Clausewitz independently developed theories of war that are fundamentally almost identical. Have any cultures developed radically different philosophies of war?	1	AskHistorians