Why did the ottomans rush to join ww1 instead of waiting a bit to see who look to be winning?

How bad or good of a leader was Stalin? I’ve heard different answers ranging from he was an idiot to a genius who the Ussr would have lost without.

does anyone else find themselves more repulsed by Carmella than other characters who are overtly evil?

Do you think the left/liberals should drop cultural apportion as in issue?

If a catholic church is open can I just walk in? Update

Do British people really consider a drive that’s longer then an hour to be a massive journey they only do a few times per year?

Do you want to visit Russia, China, North Korea and Iran one day? Why?

Do you talk to your moms about your sex lives?

Future student loan relief is dead.

What where relationships between nobles and their servants like?

Did the Japanese command order the rape of Nanking or did they lose control of the tropes occupying Nanking?

Did the Japanese command order the rape of Nanking or did they lose control of the trips occupying nanjing?

Why did an Italian film company and the Ussr makes a movie about Waterloo in English?

Why did an Italian film company and the Ussr makes a movie about Waterloo in English?

The Near East, map of the Arabian Peninsula in 2025

If a catholic church is open can I just walk in?

Thoughts on Tajikistan building monuments of native rulers who fought against the Islamic conquest?

Daily Simple Questions Thread - February 23, 2025

Daily Discussion Thread - (February 24, 2025) - Beginner and Simple Questions Go Here

During the French revolution a mob of peasants was able to march on Versailles and force the king and queen to move back to Paris effecting placing them under the thumb of the revolutionary government. How did this happen? Did the monarchy not have any plans in place to deal with a popular uprising?

During the French revolution a mob of peasants was able to march on Versailles and force the king and queen to move back to Paris effecting placing them under the thumb of the revolutionary government. How did this happen? Did the monarchy not have any plans in place to deal with a popular uprising?

Would you say that American democracy is in worst shape now then it was during him crow or the gilded age?

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans was encouraged by his mother to act and dress like a woman. She also called him “my little girl”. He continued dressing and acting like a woman as an adult and was described as “the silliest woman who ever lived". Philippe also openly took male lovers.

[Invincible] Why does the GDA not execute villains like the mauler twins? Cecil and most hero’s don’t seem to mind killing like hero’s in DC or marvel do.

Saudi’s Arabia has destroyed several important sites in Islamic history. Including houses where Muhammad and other figures in Islamic history lived as well as what Muslims believe was the tomb of eve.