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What were the differences between the classes on the Titanic?

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Narrow-gauge railway tracks found near the top of a ridge just outside of Mortefontaine, France. Are these leftover from WWI?

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Were people taking passenger liners in WWI/WWII across the Atlantic worried about being sunk? Was there an understanding that there was a risk? Or is the risk I'm envisioning overstated?

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How much did the average city-dweller in the North know about the American Civil War?

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What was life like for the average German citizen under Nazi rule?

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How did people ring doorbells from the street in old (late 19th/early 20th century) apartment buildings? Was this even possible?

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I’ve seen a lot of photos of WWI but almost none from the initial German Schlieffen plan/advance from the German perspective. Is this because the Germans didn’t embed photographers or did essentially no armies embed photographers yet?

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How similar was Stalin’s USSR to modern-day North Korea?

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Did the Soviet Union have first class train tickets/compartments on non-sleeper trains?

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Why were there so many stories of successful businesspeople dying penniless in the past but we don’t hear a lot about successful people going broke and staying that way today? Is it just perceived bias or is there a genuine difference between 50-100+ years ago and now for going and staying broke?

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What were the differences between the classes on the Titanic?	5
Narrow-gauge railway tracks found near the top of a ridge just outside of Mortefontaine, France. Are these leftover from WWI?	4
Were people taking passenger liners in WWI/WWII across the Atlantic worried about being sunk? Was there an understanding that there was a risk? Or is the risk I'm envisioning overstated?	3
How much did the average city-dweller in the North know about the American Civil War?	3
What was life like for the average German citizen under Nazi rule?	3
How did people ring doorbells from the street in old (late 19th/early 20th century) apartment buildings? Was this even possible?	3
I’ve seen a lot of photos of WWI but almost none from the initial German Schlieffen plan/advance from the German perspective. Is this because the Germans didn’t embed photographers or did essentially no armies embed photographers yet?	3
How similar was Stalin’s USSR to modern-day North Korea?	3
Did the Soviet Union have first class train tickets/compartments on non-sleeper trains?	3
Why were there so many stories of successful businesspeople dying penniless in the past but we don’t hear a lot about successful people going broke and staying that way today? Is it just perceived bias or is there a genuine difference between 50-100+ years ago and now for going and staying broke?	2