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What was the purpose of Nazi extermination camps?
Awarded Sep 21, 2023 at 12:52
Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 21:34
Who was Richard of York at the Battle of Grunwald?
Awarded Sep 9, 2023 at 11:56
Did Romans complain about sundials?
Awarded Sep 7, 2023 at 5:40
When were US Presidential candidates' names first shown on the ballot?
Awarded Sep 1, 2023 at 18:26
What did Canadians use to pay for goods or services between 1871 and 1935?
Awarded Sep 1, 2023 at 16:12
Did Stalin prevent the partitioning of Bulgaria by the western Allies after WW2?
Awarded Aug 27, 2023 at 14:31
Why did hobos (at least stereotypically) carry their belongings in a cloth on a stick on their shoulder?
Awarded Aug 26, 2023 at 8:42
Why wasn’t the USSR “rebranded” communist?
Awarded Aug 22, 2023 at 7:15
Why did families in 6th century Mecca send their babies to be raised in the desert?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 13:27
How did Native Americans refer to themselves in the 19th century?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 6:43
Did active frontiersmen really eat 20,000 calories a day? How does this compare to other highly-active people in recorded history?
Awarded Jul 31, 2023 at 5:26
Who was the first woman ruler?
Awarded Jul 30, 2023 at 20:41
How was the USA able to win naval battles in the Pacific?
Awarded Jul 26, 2023 at 16:35
What is the reason that not all roman emperors named a month after them?
Awarded Jul 25, 2023 at 23:40
How difficult was it to spoof the sender of a telegram in 1890-1920's in USA?
Awarded Jul 25, 2023 at 20:34
How would an American returning from international travel prove his citizenship before 1914?
Awarded Jul 24, 2023 at 20:26
What caused this cratering pattern at Hiroshima?
Awarded Jul 11, 2023 at 8:20
Were Patton's and/or other generals' vehicles prominently flagged with stars (and if so, why)?
Awarded Jul 8, 2023 at 3:25
Was Switzerland really impossible to invade during WW2?
Awarded Jun 29, 2023 at 18:49
How common are historical instances of mercenary armies reversing and attacking their employing country?
Awarded Jun 29, 2023 at 14:22
Why is the Arch of Titus not considered to be anti-Semitic?
Awarded Jun 23, 2023 at 0:25
Why are the ceilings so high in older houses?
Awarded Jun 20, 2023 at 18:51
What do the insignias on the collar shown in this photograph stand for?
Awarded Jun 18, 2023 at 8:11
When was the last promotion in the British Peerage?
Awarded Jun 17, 2023 at 23:30
Why was the Spanish kingdom in America called New Spain if Spain didn't exist as a country back then?
Awarded Jun 8, 2023 at 22:51
Was Ford the only person who became a US president without winning an election?
Awarded May 24, 2023 at 0:05
What is the context of Lincoln saying: "if I could save the union without freeing any slave I would do it"
Awarded May 18, 2023 at 9:35
Where does Lincoln say the South wants us to believe as they believe?
Awarded May 16, 2023 at 17:07
Why did the "Ruthenians" break up into "Belarusians" and "Ukrainians?"
Awarded May 14, 2023 at 15:35
Is there a record of a rabid human attacking another human?
Awarded May 5, 2023 at 17:31
Did the drapes in old theatres actually say "ASBESTOS" on them?
Awarded May 3, 2023 at 9:21
Why does Japan celebrate the Gregorian New Year but China still celebrates Chinese New Year?
Awarded Apr 17, 2023 at 20:18
Why did Germany decide not to restore the Hohenzollern dynasty to the throne of a German Empire after the defeat of Hitler in World War Two?
Awarded Apr 17, 2023 at 8:11
How much louder was a Napoleonic era cannon than a musket?
Awarded Apr 14, 2023 at 20:08
Why were kitchen work surfaces in Sweden apparently so low before the 1950s or so?
Awarded Apr 6, 2023 at 20:42
Why were kitchen work surfaces in Sweden apparently so low before the 1950s or so?
Awarded Apr 5, 2023 at 19:40
Was an uppercase j used to replace an uppercase i letter on German monument inscriptions?
Awarded Mar 31, 2023 at 17:25
Why would this word have been an unsuitable name in Communist Poland? Is it because it's a racial slur?
Awarded Mar 29, 2023 at 8:05
Does a year 1900 meeting in a Masonic Hall imply that it was a meeting of Freemasons?
Awarded Mar 27, 2023 at 19:09
What are the grenades and artillery cited in this testimony?
Awarded Mar 10, 2023 at 21:07
Are there any medieval manuals relating to castle building?
Awarded Mar 8, 2023 at 12:50
Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory?
Awarded Mar 8, 2023 at 12:19
Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory?
Awarded Mar 6, 2023 at 16:08
Why did the Soviets not shoot down US spy satellites during the Cold War?
Awarded Feb 28, 2023 at 19:33
Did Edith Wilson influence the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Awarded Feb 23, 2023 at 10:34
Why did the United States drop a uranium bomb instead of a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima?
Awarded Feb 22, 2023 at 18:36
Why did so few militaries use semi automatic rifles as their standard issue infantry weapon?
Awarded Feb 8, 2023 at 9:46
When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
Awarded Feb 7, 2023 at 9:56
How did off-grid UK homes in the 1800s generate gas?
Awarded Jan 31, 2023 at 19:56
Why did religion mixed with politics hold back progress of Europeans but not the Turks?
Awarded Jan 26, 2023 at 12:19
When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
Awarded Jan 24, 2023 at 15:40
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
Awarded Jan 24, 2023 at 14:20
Was there a serious proposal to offer India territory in East Africa?
Awarded Jan 20, 2023 at 21:08
Why did it take so long for Europeans to adopt the moldboard plow?
Awarded Jan 17, 2023 at 15:28
Is there any primary source for Mussolini being called "Juliet"?
Awarded Jan 13, 2023 at 2:01
Did the Finns have aluminum screw caps in 1939?
Awarded Jan 11, 2023 at 15:58
What was Palestine before, if not a country?
Awarded Jan 6, 2023 at 9:27
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 14:42
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 8:48
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