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Awarded 476 times.
What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme?
Awarded Nov 20 at 18:41
Why did German typewriters not use Fraktur?
Awarded Nov 4 at 7:53
How does one find historic prices for goods?
Awarded Aug 19 at 16:48
Was it known in ancient Rome and Greece that boiling water made it safe to drink and if so, what was the theory behind this?
Awarded Jun 11 at 15:10
Why don't people without access to clean water drink beer anymore?
Awarded Jun 11 at 6:35
Why didn't the participants of the Korean War also fight in the Vietnam War?
Awarded May 8 at 19:11
Where did Japan get their oil during WWII?
Awarded May 3 at 21:27
How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
Awarded Apr 19 at 5:48
What is this glyph on Feb 23 1940 in a Finnish military calendar?
Awarded Apr 11 at 17:04
What is this military patch with the silhouette of a pegasus on it?
Awarded Apr 8 at 18:10
What was this television history series?
Awarded Apr 5 at 11:56
What was the economic incentive for "redlining"?
Awarded Mar 19 at 18:56
What is the reason for: "Risk taking must focus on winning rather than preventing defeat" in US Army Operations guides?
Awarded Jan 27 at 17:20
Is this apparent story about how Julius Caesar selected soldiers true?
Awarded Dec 13, 2023 at 7:11
What is the silver object on the desk and what is 'Elizabeth I' doing with it?
Awarded Nov 27, 2023 at 8:18
How was the Luftwaffe able to destroy nearly 4000 Soviet aircraft in 3 days of operation Barbarossa?
Awarded Nov 20, 2023 at 13:46
Did the Soviet Union or its satellite states have any broadcast propaganda media for an international audience?
Awarded Oct 24, 2023 at 7:27
Is there any evidence that the Catholic Church slowed innovation during the Middle Ages?
Awarded Oct 14, 2023 at 10:26
Would the USSR have invaded Poland in WW2 if the Germans had not crossed into previously-agreed Soviet sphere of influence?
Awarded Oct 6, 2023 at 13:16
When and how did the Han ethnic group become by far the biggest ethnic group in China?
Awarded Oct 3, 2023 at 5:29
Rape perpetrated by American soldiers during WWII?
Awarded Sep 7, 2023 at 8:36
Has anyone ever named a war after their own country or faction?
Awarded Sep 6, 2023 at 19:05
How did Native Americans refer to themselves in the 19th century?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 23:46
Why is the capital of Turkey Ankara rather than Istanbul?
Awarded Aug 10, 2023 at 11:32
Why was the US so pro-China and so anti-Japan before WW2?
Awarded Aug 3, 2023 at 6:02
Did active frontiersmen really eat 20,000 calories a day? How does this compare to other highly-active people in recorded history?
Awarded Aug 2, 2023 at 11:45
Why was the Spanish kingdom in America called New Spain if Spain didn't exist as a country back then?
Awarded Jun 13, 2023 at 1:32
Was Ford the only person who became a US president without winning an election?
Awarded May 25, 2023 at 12:26
Did the Nazis identify as being Fascists? How exactly did they view themselves?
Awarded May 18, 2023 at 13:36
What is the truth behind this speech by (Lord Macaulay)?
Awarded May 18, 2023 at 1:05
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
Awarded Jan 24, 2023 at 20:16
Did the Finns have aluminum screw caps in 1939?
Awarded Jan 12, 2023 at 23:03
Why is Dravidian history ignored?
Awarded Jan 5, 2023 at 20:41
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Jan 2, 2023 at 11:56
Where does the name 'D-Day' come from?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 15:27
Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
Awarded Dec 21, 2022 at 5:40
Why was France given such a lenient peace after Napoleon was defeated?
Awarded Dec 15, 2022 at 2:46
Why were nomadic tribes (like the Mongols) from the Eurasian steppes a much reduced threat from the 15th century onwards?
Awarded Dec 7, 2022 at 2:49
Why did this anti-communist pamphlet, from the USA in the 1950s, include UNESCO among its targets?
Awarded Dec 2, 2022 at 7:07
How did knights who required glasses to see survive on the battlefield?
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 15:20
Has there ever been an election where the two biggest parties form a coalition to govern?
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 13:41
What paintings might these be (2 sketches made in the Tate Britain Gallery)?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 1:50
Did Lord Acton ever say "freedom faces four major challenges"?
Awarded Oct 28, 2022 at 3:47
Why did the original Carthage never become a Roman city?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 16:43
How did bank transactions (or "data" transactions) work when it took people weeks to travel vast distances?
Awarded Oct 13, 2022 at 23:40
What mysterious Flemish peasant activity is depicted in this painting?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 1:05
How do we know the gender distribution of cave art painters?
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 14:21
Was there a tax in the fifties for British citizens traveling abroad?
Awarded Aug 31, 2022 at 9:21
Why were the West African islands uninhabited?
Awarded Aug 28, 2022 at 16:04
Where (if anywhere) were X-ray machines put on trains or trolleys to image "Everybody over 14 years old"?
Awarded Aug 21, 2022 at 11:40
Was the use of captured tanks an effective strategy for Germany?
Awarded Aug 10, 2022 at 19:48
Has there ever been an archbishop or bishop younger than the 16-year-old James of Nicosia?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 19:18
Why is this Latin text black but the Latin numerals are red?
Awarded Jul 13, 2022 at 21:04
Did Rothschild say this famous quote? If yes, what did he mean by it?
Awarded Jun 28, 2022 at 12:42
Where was gunpowder invented/ discovered?
Awarded Jun 13, 2022 at 14:26
Why does this London Underground poster from 1924 have a Star of David atop a Christmas tree?
Awarded Jun 11, 2022 at 22:30
Did a British civilian row across the channel and shoot 6 Luftwaffe pilots?
Awarded May 6, 2022 at 14:07
Why weren’t the Dutch and Belgian borders fortified with wire, trenches, mines, etc., as it became clear Germany would invade during WW2?
Awarded May 1, 2022 at 1:18
Why was the Roman Empire considered an empire rather than a kingdom (again)?
Awarded Apr 19, 2022 at 12:25
What was the typical peasant's diet like in Europe during the High Middle Ages?
Awarded Apr 16, 2022 at 0:50
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