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Himmler recorded in his diary that the men of the SS Einsatzgruppen assigned to mass murder were "finished for the rest of their lives... either neurotics or brutes". What do we know about the actual psychology of rank-and-file SS after the war?

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Why did Italian cuisine become so popular in the northeastern United States, and not the cuisines of other immigrants like Irish and Russian?

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What would be a typical diet and exercise regimen for a well-known 1940's-1950's pin-up girl?

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Why did people in the ‘70s and ‘80s like to dress up chimpanzees as bellhops?

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The Breton peninsula is mostly flat and decently fertile. So why was it so culturally remote from the rest of continental Europe?

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High Alemannic (Swiss German) is not very easy for Standard German speakers to understand. Did the Swiss ever perceive themselves as having their own "language", distinct from German?

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What was the go-to poison for scheming nobles in medieval Europe?

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Repost: What happened to courtly dance after the French Revolution? Was there any effort to “republicanize” the ballroom?

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Where do the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva fit into Indo-European mythological history?

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Why did Portugal's overseas power decline so dramatically in the 17th century?

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Himmler recorded in his diary that the men of the SS Einsatzgruppen assigned to mass murder were "finished for the rest of their lives... either neurotics or brutes". What do we know about the actual psychology of rank-and-file SS after the war?	2257
Why did Italian cuisine become so popular in the northeastern United States, and not the cuisines of other immigrants like Irish and Russian?	2016
What would be a typical diet and exercise regimen for a well-known 1940's-1950's pin-up girl?	736
Why did people in the ‘70s and ‘80s like to dress up chimpanzees as bellhops?	81
The Breton peninsula is mostly flat and decently fertile. So why was it so culturally remote from the rest of continental Europe?	63
High Alemannic (Swiss German) is not very easy for Standard German speakers to understand. Did the Swiss ever perceive themselves as having their own "language", distinct from German?	43
What was the go-to poison for scheming nobles in medieval Europe?	29
Repost: What happened to courtly dance after the French Revolution? Was there any effort to “republicanize” the ballroom?	27
Where do the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva fit into Indo-European mythological history?	25
Why did Portugal's overseas power decline so dramatically in the 17th century?	23