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Why was the Axis intelligence network so weak?

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Napoleon invaded Russia with 685,000 men, but by the Battle at Borodino he was only able to commit around 150,000. Was this expected by Napoleon?

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How did the HMS Challenger measure the incredible depths of the Marianas Trench in the 1870s?

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Why did Dinosaurs/Birds fail to fill in their previous ecological niches after the mass extinction?

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The Years of Rice and Salt insinuates that orchestral music, or massed mixed instruments was a purely European idea prior to the 1500s. Is this correct?

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Why were the rifles in the American Civil War so poor compared to contemporary and even older European rifles?

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Was the relaxing of behavioral restrictions in the Old Testament by Christians gradual or fairly abrupt?

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When I fire a gun does the bullet slide down the barrel, or does it float/fly down the barrel?

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Is reading a book, and listening to an audio book similar enough to say you "read" an audio book?

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Prior to desegregation, the few black units of soldiers in the US military were always highly decorated. Since black soldiers were continuously recognized from conflict to conflict, why were there so few black combat units until after the Korean war?

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Why was the Axis intelligence network so weak?	18	AskHistorians
Napoleon invaded Russia with 685,000 men, but by the Battle at Borodino he was only able to commit around 150,000. Was this expected by Napoleon?	18	AskHistorians
How did the HMS Challenger measure the incredible depths of the Marianas Trench in the 1870s?	17	AskHistorians
Why did Dinosaurs/Birds fail to fill in their previous ecological niches after the mass extinction?	17	askscience
The Years of Rice and Salt insinuates that orchestral music, or massed mixed instruments was a purely European idea prior to the 1500s. Is this correct?	15	AskHistorians
Why were the rifles in the American Civil War so poor compared to contemporary and even older European rifles?	15	AskHistorians
Was the relaxing of behavioral restrictions in the Old Testament by Christians gradual or fairly abrupt?	14	AskHistorians
When I fire a gun does the bullet slide down the barrel, or does it float/fly down the barrel?	14	askscience
Is reading a book, and listening to an audio book similar enough to say you "read" an audio book?	12	askscience
Prior to desegregation, the few black units of soldiers in the US military were always highly decorated. Since black soldiers were continuously recognized from conflict to conflict, why were there so few black combat units until after the Korean war?	12	AskHistorians