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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | January 26, 2025

created by AutoModerator on 26/01/2025 at 14:00 UTC - 21 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Short Answers to Simple Questions | January 22, 2025

created by AutoModerator on 22/01/2025 at 17:00 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Did Germans think that Hitler was stupid?

created by nolabrew on 27/01/2025 at 03:25 UTC - 579 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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The English got into colonizing the Americas relatively later compared to other European nations. Despite this fact, most of the land they got was among the closest to the European continent. Why was this, and why didn't the Spanish, Portuguese, or French beat them to it?

created by PopsicleIncorporated on 26/01/2025 at 22:33 UTC - 239 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Are there any fascist governments that have been defeated by something gradual?

created by Elemental-13 on 26/01/2025 at 20:18 UTC - 336 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why didn’t the British Monarchy use colonial possessions for their royal titles (Duke of Australia, Earl of Canada for example)?

created by lachlanf82859 on 27/01/2025 at 07:24 UTC - 23 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Did Hitler want the German people to be destroyed in 1945 as "revenge" for losing him the war?

created by sabatthor on 26/01/2025 at 16:09 UTC* - 304 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How James Baldwin's "Giovanni's room" managed to be published and get popular in 1950s despite being gay?

created by elephant_ua on 27/01/2025 at 07:37 UTC - 15 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Was Napoleon aware of the Anglo-American War of 1812? Did he make any offers of assistance to the USA?

created by Now-We-Try on 27/01/2025 at 02:26 UTC - 29 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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If we have natural mirrors (water, ice, etc.) and manufactured mirrors are thousands of years old, why did self portraits in art only really start showing up ~500 - 600 years ago?

created by 1000LiveEels on 26/01/2025 at 06:29 UTC - 863 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did German society live together after the Nazi regime fell?

created by meetMeAtNapTime on 26/01/2025 at 19:20 UTC - 78 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Before the Holocaust, was there any other event that was as universally or near universally reviled as evil by the masses?

created by SM-FortySeven on 26/01/2025 at 23:08 UTC - 35 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why did US propaganda focus much more on Nazi Germany than fascist Italy?

created by EconEnby on 27/01/2025 at 07:29 UTC - 9 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why are two cultures named Iberian, a continent apart?

created by g00sebumpzz on 27/01/2025 at 04:26 UTC - 14 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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After the French Revolution, how was the “wealth” redistributed?

created by mrme516 on 27/01/2025 at 00:52 UTC - 24 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Did commuters in the 20th century carry personal water bottles to work with them?

created by munrogoldy on 26/01/2025 at 23:34 UTC - 27 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did the Japanese view honor in the first half of the 20th century?

created by OkDragonfruit113 on 27/01/2025 at 10:49 UTC - 4 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Was there a decisive turning point in which the Allies stopped hating Germany and the German people? When did anti-German sentiment begin to subside?

created by u-dontknowme-likedat on 26/01/2025 at 22:38 UTC - 25 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why did the Duke of Wellington engage at all at Waterloo?

created by LtRegBarclay on 26/01/2025 at 09:05 UTC - 295 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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If the Arthur Evan’s reconstruction of the Minoan art style is no longer considered accurate, do we have any idea of what might have been closer?

created by hieronymus-cock on 26/01/2025 at 22:10 UTC - 27 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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During WWII occupied France, Maurice Papon was a collaborator as a police official. Why did De Gaulle later endorse and support his career?

created by rollsyrollsy on 27/01/2025 at 06:36 UTC - 4 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How were the Luftwaffe aces viewed when they returned to the scene to form the German Air Force in 1956?

created by victoireyoung on 27/01/2025 at 07:43 UTC - 6 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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The new weekly theme is: Time!

created by AlanSnooring on 27/01/2025 at 11:01 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How did people stay warm outside?

created by IAmASwarmOfBees on 26/01/2025 at 12:11 UTC - 129 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Historian Edward Gibbon says "the primitive Romans" adopted "the unnatural vice" (homosexuality) because they "were infected by the example of the Etruscans and Greeks." Did people once believe that homosexuality was a "civilized vice" and that "primitive" people were incapable of being homosexual?

created by Fuck_Off_Libshit on 26/01/2025 at 14:24 UTC - 86 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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