If Churchill wanted to call Hitler during ww2 could he do so? How much communication was there in ww2 between the various sides and how was it accomplished? (www.reddit.com)
I know that the burning of the Library of Alexandria is actually a greatly overblown event. But what about the burning of an ancient library and museum in Naples in September 1943? Do we know much about what the Nazis destroyed? (www.reddit.com)
How was US President Ronald Reagan able to do so right-wing economic reforms while his party was in the minority in the House of Representatives for the entirety of his presidency? (www.reddit.com)
The Aztec hymn "Flower Mage" is sung from the perspective of a woman pining over a "Flower Mage". Flowers are used to reference things like song, but Flower is also used as slang for vagina. Is this hymn about the joys of song or a woman looking for her "pussy wizard"? (www.reddit.com)
As I understand, it's well-established that gunpowder and guns were invented in China. Why didn't this lead to a legacy of Chinese primacy in terms of innovation and dominance in firearms production? (www.reddit.com)
Those who went from poor to middle class/rich, what was a luxury as a poor person that you realize was necessity now that you have the access to it? (www.reddit.com)
More than sixty-five percent of American soldiers serving in Vietnam were volunteers. Was there a great bout of patriotism, or a belief in the cause that lead to this volunteering? Did volunteers dry up as the war dragged on and the situation was better understood back home? (www.reddit.com)
When nucleons bind to form a nucleus, does each nucleon "retain ownership" over its quarks (is each nucleon a truly unique entity)? Or is it possible for quarks to swap from one nucleon to another? Or does it not make sense to talk so exactly about them? (www.reddit.com)
Did any captured Africans, on their way to slavery, successfully manage to not only revolt on the ship but seize control and steer it to land during the trans Atlantic slave trade? (www.reddit.com)
Does the increased risk of lung cancer for smokers increase depending on the amount of cigarettes smoked or does even 1 cigarette per day/week give you the same risk ? (www.reddit.com)
Why was the d'Athée family specifically banned from holding royal office by Article 50 of the Magna Carta? What did they do that elicited such hatred that they were formally named in the agreement? (www.reddit.com)
Those who didn’t have a good example of a healthy marriage/relationship growing up, how has it affected your romantic relationships as an adult? (www.reddit.com)
Around AD 552 two Byzantine monks smuggled silkworms eggs out of China, allowing the Mediterranean to produce its own silk for the first time. Were there any consequences for those who had been duped? Did the Chinese ever figure out the heist? (www.reddit.com)
If knitting is a relatively recent invention, how did people in Siberia, Scandinavia, Mongolia and other cold climates make heavy socks prior to adopting knitting? (www.reddit.com)
Women of Reddit, if your female friend came to you and said "I can't do this anymore, I have no one to talk to, no one cares about me," how would you actually, not ideally, respond? (www.reddit.com)
The car lobby is often cited as the reason public transportation was stifled in the US. But the US also had a massive powerful railroad industry in the 19th century. Did they try to counter-lobby in any way? Why did they fail? (www.reddit.com)
When people look back at Middle-Ages they are quick to identify with the peasants, the commoners and their plight, whereas when looking back on Classical Greece and Rome, they identify more easily with the citizen class and the philosophers. Why the difference and when did it started? (www.reddit.com)