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Is there a historical consensus as to why Gandhi was so obsessed with nuclear warheads?

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Old generations complain about the next one since at least Socrates, but do we have similar evidence from ancient history of the reverse: younger generations complaining that old people "just don't get it"?

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Was dropping a handkerchief to get a man's attention actually a thing women used to do?

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Why do the many "political labels" - left/right/socialism/capitalism/etc - seem to mean such different things in the US and Europe? What is the history behind that?

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What did Karl Marx mean when he said "if anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist"?

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In the late eighties, a number of Dutch and Belgian comic books were adapted into Japanese animations. What lead to this AFAIK) unique (collaboration?

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In World War 2, did the Netherlands surrender to Germany in response to the bombing of Rotterdam?

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Should period pieces include more singing?

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How, if at all, did the Unification of Germany affect the language(s) spoken in that region?

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What does the way classical antiquity was viewed during the Renaissance, compared to what we now know about classical antiquity, tell us about the Renaissance

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Is there a historical consensus as to why Gandhi was so obsessed with nuclear warheads?	2668
Old generations complain about the next one since at least Socrates, but do we have similar evidence from ancient history of the reverse: younger generations complaining that old people "just don't get it"?	680
Was dropping a handkerchief to get a man's attention actually a thing women used to do?	247
Why do the many "political labels" - left/right/socialism/capitalism/etc - seem to mean such different things in the US and Europe? What is the history behind that?	77
What did Karl Marx mean when he said "if anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist"?	41
In the late eighties, a number of Dutch and Belgian comic books were adapted into Japanese animations. What lead to this AFAIK) unique (collaboration?	30
In World War 2, did the Netherlands surrender to Germany in response to the bombing of Rotterdam?	18
Should period pieces include more singing?	17
How, if at all, did the Unification of Germany affect the language(s) spoken in that region?	17
What does the way classical antiquity was viewed during the Renaissance, compared to what we now know about classical antiquity, tell us about the Renaissance	16