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As Napoleon had lost the war after Waterloo, why didn’t he flee to the mountains and become a guerrilla warlord? Sometimes in life you have to reinvent yourself.

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u/vaporwaverhere — 1 day ago
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Why didn’t some pirates go to Saint Helena island, raided it and take Napoleon. Then ask the England for the biggest ransom ever? I don’t see how this plan wouldn’t work.

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u/vaporwaverhere — 2 days ago
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You think a bunch of people looked at Spain during their civil war and were just like "man what a mess. Glad I don't live over there."?

I'm reading Homage to Catalonia right now. That got me to go down the rabbit hole a bit further and watch some Youtube videos on the Spanish civil war. Oh my god, what a mess.

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u/SenatorPencilFace — 2 days ago
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Back when Palestine was mandatory, how did people actually carry it around with them day-to-day?

25,000 square km is a big area to have to fit in your pocket.

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u/numb3rb0y — 3 days ago
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Will history remember Michael Jordan not just for his contributions to basketball, tennis shoes, Air Bud and the Chicago White Sox, but for also making it cool for prematurely balding guys to just shave it all? Even Kenny, the fat guy I work with, looks better.

u/Dramatic_River_3381 — 2 days ago
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Why don't we hear about the brutal methods McDonald's used against Old MacDonald and his farm?

Seems like the guy was just chilling peacefully on his farm with an oink oink there and a moo moo there, but then corporate America came in and turned his chickens into a paste and added sawdust from the casket Old MacDonald built after they killed his wife to make chicken nuggets. Even their current CEO can't eat their burger product because he knows the company's past with Old MacDonald and his trials he endured as a slave. Are you guys just missing out on the real history or something?

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u/UnitK-306 — 3 days ago
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After Trump ditched MTG how did he do at YuGiOh?

I know Trump was heavily associated with MTG for a while but after the split I honestly stopped following his competitive scene. Did he ever adapt well to YuGiOh or was the pacing too different for him?

I remember a lot of people saying his supporters would never leave MTG because they were too invested in the existing meta and collection costs, but then suddenly everyone was talking about trap cards and Exodia builds instead.

Kind of wild in hindsight how many former MTG people completely changed communities after 2020.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 — 3 days ago
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The price of spam

I have been tracking the price of Spam for over 35 years. There is an obvious and direct correlation between the rising price of spam and the decline in the American empire.

What other countries or empires has the rising price of Spam caused to collapse?

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u/SamHandwich0 — 4 days ago
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On this day in 1963, Gordon Cooper became the first man to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. Does he also still hold the record for largest forehead ever in space?

u/Dramatic_River_3381 — 5 days ago
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Why did Elton John count the head lice on the highway with Tony Danza?

And why did he want Tony to hold him closer? How did that help them spot head lice? Was it just cold out there on the highway?

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u/VelvetWhitehawk — 4 days ago