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Whereabout of the Nuremberg gallows

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Why did the French "surrender" all of its troops during the armistice in World War II?

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What was the first instance of native Americans using gunpowder weapons in battle and did they ever make their own powder?

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Do any of the commercially produced Hinton cubes still exist?

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Did Egyptian civilization start from North to South or vice versa?

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