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The US War Department's short film "Don't Be a Sucker!" expresses the idea the Nazis rose to power in Germany by attacking various minority groups (Jews, Catholics, Freemasons, etc.) and thus splitting fellow Germans into rival groups which were small enough for the Nazis to destroy. Is this true?

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Assata Shakur once said, “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” Is this true?

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How would you periodize the 1800s in the Western World akin to how the 1900s are generally broken up by decade (e.g. The Roaring Twenties, The Dirty Thirties)?

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In Ancient Rome, how were slaves distinguished from free people?

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In Ancient Rome, was there ever any attempt to assassinate Augustus like how his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was?

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Oda definitely made the more interesting choice with Yamato.

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What's the oldest known painting that was painted on a canvas?

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What's a device/invention that has a history that goes far more back than the modern public might think it does?

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What were some of the earliest explanations for why some birds (such as cockatoos, parakeets, mockingbirds, etc.) could talk, but other animals couldn't?

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Why were swords (aka Shashkas) commonly used in the Russian Civil War despite the prevalence of firearms at the time?

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The US War Department's short film "Don't Be a Sucker!" expresses the idea the Nazis rose to power in Germany by attacking various minority groups (Jews, Catholics, Freemasons, etc.) and thus splitting fellow Germans into rival groups which were small enough for the Nazis to destroy. Is this true?	3118	AskHistorians
Assata Shakur once said, “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” Is this true?	634	AskHistorians
How would you periodize the 1800s in the Western World akin to how the 1900s are generally broken up by decade (e.g. The Roaring Twenties, The Dirty Thirties)?	93	AskHistorians
In Ancient Rome, how were slaves distinguished from free people?	93	AskHistorians
In Ancient Rome, was there ever any attempt to assassinate Augustus like how his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was?	11	AskHistorians
Oda definitely made the more interesting choice with Yamato.	7	OnePiece
What's the oldest known painting that was painted on a canvas?	6	AskHistorians
What's a device/invention that has a history that goes far more back than the modern public might think it does?	5	AskHistorians
What were some of the earliest explanations for why some birds (such as cockatoos, parakeets, mockingbirds, etc.) could talk, but other animals couldn't?	4	AskHistorians
Why were swords (aka Shashkas) commonly used in the Russian Civil War despite the prevalence of firearms at the time?	3	AskHistorians