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Did Antoine de Saint-Exupery have any offspring?
Awarded Dec 5 at 16:16
During Iranian Hostage Crisis, were shredded documents reassembled by children?
Awarded Dec 5 at 12:00
How accurate and balanced is Paul Johnson's 'A History of the Jews'?
Awarded Dec 4 at 3:51
What was the extent of military conscription by the German Army during World War 2? [closed]
Awarded Dec 4 at 1:33
The British used to (still?) classify their guns by weight in pounds rather than caliber. Was that a constant across shell types?
Awarded Nov 29 at 20:18
Did renaissance actors learn their parts by heart?
Awarded Nov 26 at 17:12
How do totalitarian states/empires usually fall?
Awarded Nov 24 at 12:33
Did Newton comment on Islam?
Awarded Nov 24 at 0:36
How did the Dutch Republic get sufficient timber to build its navies?
Awarded Nov 23 at 4:33
How did people sleep on historic ship types?
Awarded Nov 15 at 22:17
How did the layout of a Medieval European village typically change as it grew into a town?
Awarded Nov 15 at 20:05
Why Marcus Aurelius did not restore the Roman Republic? [closed]
Awarded Nov 15 at 2:39
What is Lorenzo de' Medici holding in this painting?
Awarded Nov 14 at 9:18
Did they really have individual telephone wires going from a central tower to each customer in Sweden in the late 1800s? [closed]
Awarded Nov 12 at 18:25
Brown glass and WWII
Awarded Nov 12 at 5:26
Did Cao Cao really say the greatest traitor resembled an honest man?
Awarded Nov 11 at 20:35
When did druids become widely accepted as 'shapeshifters'?
Awarded Nov 11 at 16:11
Which European country first introduced wristwatches to China and why is it called 手表?
Awarded Nov 11 at 5:46
Why was Tegh Bahadur executed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb?
Awarded Nov 6 at 0:21
Why did German typewriters not use Fraktur?
Awarded Nov 4 at 4:07
Did more Puerto Ricans soldiers really die in Vietnam War than from any state?
Awarded Nov 1 at 8:15
Why are there no pandas in historical Chinese art?
Awarded Oct 31 at 1:20
What did Alexander Hamilton write about Aaron Burr's daughter?
Awarded Oct 29 at 2:36
Why did Franklin Roosevelt promote Nazi sympathizer/eugenicist Frederick Osborn to high levels of office?
Awarded Oct 25 at 12:16
What was Adam Smith's position on the American Revolution?
Awarded Oct 16 at 12:30
How were siege ladders used to attack medieval castle walls?
Awarded Oct 15 at 21:25
List of Lend Lease deliveries by years
Awarded Oct 15 at 21:06
Do Columbus' letters reveal that he was a Marrano? [closed]
Awarded Oct 14 at 20:22
When in history did people start seeing a girl's breasts as being inherently sexual? [closed]
Awarded Oct 12 at 16:51
Did Nazi leaders consider continuing guerrilla warfare after the collapse of Germany?
Awarded Oct 9 at 21:41
Why wasn't the Free City of Lübeck ever restored?
Awarded Oct 9 at 18:53
Why are Ukranian town and city names so (relatively) repetitive?
Awarded Oct 9 at 15:44
How long would it take to get from the port of Riga to London by boat in the 1890s?
Awarded Oct 9 at 14:12
Was Henry III of England the first fully "English" king? [closed]
Awarded Oct 8 at 17:34
What were the duties of a scullery maid in the early 1900's?
Awarded Oct 7 at 21:10
When did the sectors in West Berlin cease to exist?
Awarded Oct 4 at 12:20
During WWII, did the Allies know about the location and significance of the Wolf's Lair? If so, why did they not attack it?
Awarded Oct 4 at 7:26
Why did the Mongols outlaw intermarriage between the Mongols and the Chinese and forbid the Chinese from learning the Mongolian language?
Awarded Oct 2 at 22:13
Do we know the names of the German soldiers entombed at Babie Doły?
Awarded Sep 30 at 0:45
Are there any examples of soldiers faking their death a combat before the modern era? [closed]
Awarded Sep 28 at 5:58
What effect did the Bronze Age collapse have on India?
Awarded Sep 26 at 9:20
Why do musketeers shoot in volley?
Awarded Sep 24 at 18:42
What prompted Lincoln to change his mind about ending slavery?
Awarded Sep 24 at 17:06
Why does some Califate money feature crosses?
Awarded Sep 22 at 0:07
How did Oswald Mosley escape treason charges?
Awarded Sep 21 at 6:55
What about dairy pasteurisation might have made the issue so important to Lord Rothschild?
Awarded Sep 18 at 22:18
Did anything come from Sparta, besides fitness and war?
Awarded Sep 17 at 17:11
How many engineers/scientists believed that human flight was imminent as of the late 19th/early 20th century?
Awarded Sep 16 at 8:16
Why was Panama Railroad in poor condition when US decided to build Panama Canal in 1904?
Awarded Sep 14 at 11:53
From 1936-45 what was the prescribed punishment in Nazi Germany for failing to join or participate in the Hitler Youth?
Awarded Sep 12 at 21:56
How solid is the claim that Alfred Nobel founded the Nobel Prize specifically because of his invention of dynamite?
Awarded Sep 11 at 12:48
Why was immigration from France to the United States lower than from some other countries?
Awarded Sep 10 at 21:26
Why did Chicago and other cities choose an L (elevated metro) when most others chose underground subways?
Awarded Sep 10 at 19:04
Is the 2024 Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region the first time since WW2 Russia was invaded?
Awarded Sep 9 at 11:36
In which town of Europe (Germany ?) were this 2 photos taken during WWII?
Awarded Sep 8 at 13:08
Did Napoleon Hill really have a friendship with Andrew Carnegie?
Awarded Sep 6 at 19:56
Why are early submarines faster on the surface, while later types are faster when submerged?
Awarded Sep 5 at 3:42
Does a Baal human sacrifice statue from Carthage exist?
Awarded Sep 3 at 21:47
How did attitudes of German citizens toward Hitler and the Nazi Party change over the course of the pre-war and the post-war periods?
Awarded Sep 2 at 23:06
What did the Ancient Greeks think the stars were?
Awarded Aug 30 at 5:48
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