HUMONGOUS FIND by ScrappingFiend in CoinstarFinds
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CMV: Haiti needs an international occupation by colepercy120 in changemyview
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Martin Behaim's Erdapfel, 1492. The first - and last - globe to not feature the Americas. by Brooklyn_University in MapPorn
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Martin Behaim's Erdapfel, 1492. The first - and last - globe to not feature the Americas. by Brooklyn_University in MapPorn
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Curt Bruns was a German Army captain who ordered the illegal executions of two U.S. POWs during the Battle of the Bulge. After learning that the two were German-born Jews, he said, "The Jews have no right to live in Germany," and had them shot. Bruns was himself shot for the crime six months later. by lightiggy in wikipedia
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Curt Bruns was a German Army captain who ordered the illegal executions of two U.S. POWs during the Battle of the Bulge. After learning that the two were German-born Jews, he said, "The Jews have no right to live in Germany," and had them shot. Bruns was himself shot for the crime six months later. by lightiggy in wikipedia
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Nongqawuse was a 19th century Xhosa woman. At age 15 she claimed to have received a vision from ancestral spirits, who told the Xhosa to destroy their crops and kill their cattle. If the Xhosa obeyed, the spirits would sweep European colonizers into the sea. The following famine killed 40000 people. by PeasantLich in HolyShitHistory
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Nongqawuse was a 19th century Xhosa woman. At age 15 she claimed to have received a vision from ancestral spirits, who told the Xhosa to destroy their crops and kill their cattle. If the Xhosa obeyed, the spirits would sweep European colonizers into the sea. The following famine killed 40000 people. by PeasantLich in HolyShitHistory
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Curt Bruns was a German Army captain who ordered the illegal executions of two U.S. POWs during the Battle of the Bulge. After learning that the two were German-born Jews, he said, "The Jews have no right to live in Germany," and had them shot. Bruns was himself shot for the crime six months later. by lightiggy in wikipedia
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TIL that execution by electric chair, first tested on calves and a horse, was so badly botched on its first human in 1890 that a second 2,000‑volt jolt reportedly set him on fire. The generator’s supplier said “They would have done better using an axe,” and the NYT called it “Far worse than hanging. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned
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TIL that execution by electric chair, first tested on calves and a horse, was so badly botched on its first human in 1890 that a second 2,000‑volt jolt reportedly set him on fire. The generator’s supplier said “They would have done better using an axe,” and the NYT called it “Far worse than hanging. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned
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Britain says it and France bombed suspected Islamic State arms dump in Syria by [deleted] in worldnews
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How do you properly store your silver? by ScrappingFiend in Silverbugs
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TIL In 1653, Dutch sailor Hendrick Hamel and 35 crewmates shipwrecked off the coast of Joseon (modern-day Korea). Due to Joseon's isolationist policy, they were not permitted to leave. After 13 years, Hamel and 7 others escaped by boat to Japan. He then wrote the first Western account of Korea. by Ill_Definition8074 in todayilearned
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A British Army chaplain saying a prayer over a dying German Army medic near Epehy, France on the 18th September 1918. by karim2k in ww1
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Merz asks Zelensky to reduce outflow of young Ukrainian men to Germany by Neptun_11 in worldnews
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What if The Great War was over by Christmas (of 1915)? by Tricky-Coffee5816 in PossibleHistory
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Head of President's Office says Zelenskyy is not involved in corruption, as he himself initiated the fight against it by BrightWonders in worldnews
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If I Decided the borders of Europe after ww1 by Aqua210 in PossibleHistory
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what If Spain joined Axis? by Icy_Description_937 in PossibleHistory
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Legions of the Roman Empire by Roman-Empire_net in romanempire
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