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Books about Stalin’s purges?

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How long have technical drawings existed, and when did they take their approximately modern form?

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Who were the “Bigots” (with a capital B) mentioned in Rousseau’s Confessions?

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When we think of life in Renaissance Italy, we think of cathedrals, palaces and grand public spaces. But what would the home of a "middle class" (urban bourgeois) person in, say, 16th century Florence be like?

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Did the idea of putting a person in a rocket exist before the early 20th century?

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Did the thumbs-up gesture exist with the same meaning in the 17th century? A Velasquez painting seems to show it

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Did the British or any other European power ever try (or just plan) to assassinate Napoleon?

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How did the French Republican Calendar handle dates before the epoch?

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Where does the electricity the body uses actually come from?

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Wikipedia says the US General Matthew Ridgway asked that German officers in prison for war crimes on the Eastern Front be released since he himself had issued similar orders in Korea. What was he talking about?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Books about Stalin’s purges?	7	AskHistorians
How long have technical drawings existed, and when did they take their approximately modern form?	6	AskHistorians
Who were the “Bigots” (with a capital B) mentioned in Rousseau’s Confessions?	6	AskHistorians
When we think of life in Renaissance Italy, we think of cathedrals, palaces and grand public spaces. But what would the home of a "middle class" (urban bourgeois) person in, say, 16th century Florence be like?	6	AskHistorians
Did the idea of putting a person in a rocket exist before the early 20th century?	6	AskHistorians
Did the thumbs-up gesture exist with the same meaning in the 17th century? A Velasquez painting seems to show it	6	AskHistorians
Did the British or any other European power ever try (or just plan) to assassinate Napoleon?	5	AskHistorians
How did the French Republican Calendar handle dates before the epoch?	5	AskHistorians
Where does the electricity the body uses actually come from?	5	askscience
Wikipedia says the US General Matthew Ridgway asked that German officers in prison for war crimes on the Eastern Front be released since he himself had issued similar orders in Korea. What was he talking about?	5	AskHistorians