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524 points by napolux 17 hours ago | past | 117 comments
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2 points by personjerry on April 18, 2021 | past
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4 points by montalbano on March 9, 2021 | past | 2 comments
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| | Did medieval people wear collars with a castellated hem? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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1 point by jxub on July 29, 2020 | past | 1 comment
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2 points by ag8 on May 24, 2020 | past
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| | What do the phone number suffixes J, M, R, W in 1940 New York phone book mean? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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3 points by tech-historian on May 23, 2020 | past
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| | Why Germans used Enigma rather than the superior “Lorenz” cipher machine? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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3 points by unimi on Feb 17, 2020 | past
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| | Was Hitler Exclaiming “Heil Hitler ” Himself When Saluting? (Answer: No) (history.stackexchange.com) |
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4 points by bcaa7f3a8bbc on Oct 14, 2019 | past
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| | When did “&” stop being taught alongside the alphabet? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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13 points by mceachen on July 8, 2019 | past | 6 comments
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2 points by enraged_camel on June 11, 2019 | past
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2 points by voltooid on May 21, 2019 | past
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1 point by lainon on Oct 26, 2017 | past
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| | How many people starved in the US during the Great Depression? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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1 point by georgecmu on Aug 2, 2017 | past
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| | When did the allies find out about the killing of Jews during WW2 (history.stackexchange.com) |
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3 points by nafizh on June 29, 2017 | past
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| | Why did Churchill order the destruction of the bombes? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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15 points by kafkaesq on April 12, 2017 | past | 1 comment
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| | What is the source and history of “green on blue attack” expression? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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1 point by yiedyie on Sept 8, 2014 | past
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1 point by kumarski on June 30, 2014 | past
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3 points by neverminder on April 6, 2014 | past
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| | What is the source and history of “green on blue attack” expression? (history.stackexchange.com) |
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1 point by yiedyie on Oct 29, 2013 | past
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