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In the Marshall plan, why did Iceland get 44 million dollars? It was a island nation that wasn't in WWll. Was it because it was still part Denmark, was there battles there, or did America just want to influence it?

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[WP] You are a wizard and your only job it to shout random things until you find a new spell.

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I was looking at Dr. Seuss Political cartoons, and found one where Hitler panics when he finds a V in his alphabet soup. What was this referring to?

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All countries stopped using the Thorn when German printing presses didn't have them and replaced them with th. Except Iceland, who still uses it. What made Iceland keep the Thorn, and how did Iceland overcome the printing press problem?

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[WP]Do to a typo, you accidentally hosted a secret Satan.

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“One man with a gun can control a hundred without one” Vladimir Lenin. I can’t tell if this quote was for or against a armed public. While Marx was clearly in favor,( “under No pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered”), what where Lenin’s and other revolutionary’s opinions on firearms?

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[WP]The day of reckoning is upon us, but the only ones taken are some very, very confused Pastafareans.

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How come when Europeans came to north America, they made the natives a minority, but in south America, the descendants of the natives at lest make up the majority? Or are they not native, but from elsewhere? (Spain?)

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Why did we stop using the interrobang‽

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What was the attitude about pimples in ancient Rome?

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In the Marshall plan, why did Iceland get 44 million dollars? It was a island nation that wasn't in WWll. Was it because it was still part Denmark, was there battles there, or did America just want to influence it?	2296	AskHistorians
[WP] You are a wizard and your only job it to shout random things until you find a new spell.	235	WritingPrompts
I was looking at Dr. Seuss Political cartoons, and found one where Hitler panics when he finds a V in his alphabet soup. What was this referring to?	162	AskHistorians
All countries stopped using the Thorn when German printing presses didn't have them and replaced them with th. Except Iceland, who still uses it. What made Iceland keep the Thorn, and how did Iceland overcome the printing press problem?	51	AskHistorians
[WP]Do to a typo, you accidentally hosted a secret Satan.	19	WritingPrompts
“One man with a gun can control a hundred without one” Vladimir Lenin. I can’t tell if this quote was for or against a armed public. While Marx was clearly in favor,( “under No pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered”), what where Lenin’s and other revolutionary’s opinions on firearms?	13	AskHistorians
[WP]The day of reckoning is upon us, but the only ones taken are some very, very confused Pastafareans.	6	WritingPrompts
How come when Europeans came to north America, they made the natives a minority, but in south America, the descendants of the natives at lest make up the majority? Or are they not native, but from elsewhere? (Spain?)	5	AskHistorians
Why did we stop using the interrobang‽	4	AskHistorians
What was the attitude about pimples in ancient Rome?	3	AskHistorians