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Given his rabid anti-semitism, what did Henry Ford think about the Holocaust?

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Do we have any evidence that the Odyssey could be based on real events?

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A 92-year-old woman at my hospital keeps repeating "I was from Feodosia! I have survived World War II, prison, and slave labor! The Germans took me to Germany on a cattle train!" What exactly could she be referring to?

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In 1315, King Louis X of France declared that "France signifies freedom" and that any slave setting foot on the French ground should be freed. How did he have such a progressive view, especially in such an otherwise dark era?

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The Nazi Party had 8 million members. Didn't any of these people have Jewish spouses, Jewish best friends, etc? How did they deal with that cognitive dissonance?

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Why were the Nazis so young?

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When a city was sacked, did the invading army maintain any kind of order? Or was it a complete free-for-all, individual soldiers running around doing what they want, etc?

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Did the Nazis expect something like the Nuremberg trials?

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Do we have any evidence that the ancient Indian epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc) could be based in reality?

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Before European contact, did the native Hawaiians know that the rest of the world existed?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Given his rabid anti-semitism, what did Henry Ford think about the Holocaust?	266
Do we have any evidence that the Odyssey could be based on real events?	228
A 92-year-old woman at my hospital keeps repeating "I was from Feodosia! I have survived World War II, prison, and slave labor! The Germans took me to Germany on a cattle train!" What exactly could she be referring to?	222
In 1315, King Louis X of France declared that "France signifies freedom" and that any slave setting foot on the French ground should be freed. How did he have such a progressive view, especially in such an otherwise dark era?	205
The Nazi Party had 8 million members. Didn't any of these people have Jewish spouses, Jewish best friends, etc? How did they deal with that cognitive dissonance?	174
Why were the Nazis so young?	170
When a city was sacked, did the invading army maintain any kind of order? Or was it a complete free-for-all, individual soldiers running around doing what they want, etc?	156
Did the Nazis expect something like the Nuremberg trials?	148
Do we have any evidence that the ancient Indian epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc) could be based in reality?	147
Before European contact, did the native Hawaiians know that the rest of the world existed?	146