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During WWII Allied invasions of various beaches, how was it decided who had to stand up front of Higgins Boats (LCVP)?

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What is considered healthy brain stimulation? How is reading a book in a quiet room any more or less stimulating than, say, a rave scene?

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What was the quality of restrooms, water fountains, and other similar facilities like in the US during segregation?

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This Vice article from 2005 appears to have a lot of bad revisionist history regarding slavery in the US. Is there a problem with the data or how it's presented?

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Can someone help me identify these obscure Swiss medals from the early 1900s?

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I always hear people compare the decline of Ancient Greece and Rome with the current state of affairs in the United States. I know this isn't true for a litany of reasons, but I can never fully articulate them. So, historians, can you lay it out for me?

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Can someone help me track down this online source regarding Confederate justifications for seceding from the Union?

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What impact did literacy have on the founding of the prewar US Colonies? On the eventual US Revolution?

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I'm looking for a timeline of significant milestones in the history of astronomy

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To what extent, if any, has the US Constitution inspired the constitutions or founding principles of other governments?

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During WWII Allied invasions of various beaches, how was it decided who had to stand up front of Higgins Boats (LCVP)?	192	AskHistorians
What is considered healthy brain stimulation? How is reading a book in a quiet room any more or less stimulating than, say, a rave scene?	38	askscience
What was the quality of restrooms, water fountains, and other similar facilities like in the US during segregation?	29	AskHistorians
This Vice article from 2005 appears to have a lot of bad revisionist history regarding slavery in the US. Is there a problem with the data or how it's presented?	14	AskHistorians
Can someone help me identify these obscure Swiss medals from the early 1900s?	14	AskHistorians
I always hear people compare the decline of Ancient Greece and Rome with the current state of affairs in the United States. I know this isn't true for a litany of reasons, but I can never fully articulate them. So, historians, can you lay it out for me?	3	AskHistorians
Can someone help me track down this online source regarding Confederate justifications for seceding from the Union?	2	AskHistorians
What impact did literacy have on the founding of the prewar US Colonies? On the eventual US Revolution?	2	AskHistorians
I'm looking for a timeline of significant milestones in the history of astronomy	1	AskHistorians
To what extent, if any, has the US Constitution inspired the constitutions or founding principles of other governments?	1	AskHistorians