/u/SaintShrink's posts
What is the history of blowing out candles on your birthday? When you think about it, it's kinda weird to make a pastry, set it on fire, and then extinguish the fire while wishing for something.
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Given that they had been together for over 15 years, why did Hitler bother getting married to Eva Braun when they both had just 40 hours to live? Was it genuine affection, just something on his bucket list, or was there some legal consequence of dying a married man?
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Given that they had been together for over 15 years, why did Hitler bother getting married to Eva Braun when they both had just 40 hours to live? Was it genuine affection, just something on his bucket list, or was there some legal consequence of dying a married man?
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James Buchanan is often criticized for doing nothing as the United States moved toward civil war. What options would he have had to do anything?
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American Comic book author Rob Liefeld is... not well regarded by most of the internet's comics book fans, with many of his drawings becoming mainstays in "bad anatomy" complications. But how was he recieved in the mid 90s when many of his most infamous illustrations were actually published?
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Is there a reason the Nazi and Soviet ministries of propaganda were called the Ministries of Propaganda and not something a bit more... propagandistic, like in dystopian fiction (Ministry of Truth) or more modern authoritarian states (Ministry of Publicity)?
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how Did "Tarantella Napoletana," the riff that everybody associates with Italy, become such a cultural stereotype?
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Missouri has a 1994 law that prohibits casino-style gambling unless it's an "excursion gambling boat", any floating facility touching the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers. This has led to enormous casinos and hotels built on artifical lakes adjacent to the rivers. What in the heck is going on here?
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