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Is Wikipedia's identification of Lebed an error?

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Would the USSR have invaded Poland in WW2 if the Germans had not crossed into previously-agreed Soviet sphere of influence?

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Why are there no pandas in historical Chinese art?

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Does the Declaration of Independence use the word "free" in reference to people, i.e., Black people of African descent, women, and Native Americans?? [closed]

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Why did army in Napoleon era never use hand-grenades to temporarily disrupt the square formation?

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Were Ancient Egyptian kings BELIEVED TO BE subject to judgment by Maat in the Afterworld like other people or were they immune or do we know? [closed]

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Can you supply me with any references regarding what really happened in 1965 and 1971 with the Tanot Mata Temple?

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What is the origin path of the people who entered North America through the Bering Straight, tracing it back to out of Africa? [closed]

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(Why) did the PRC not [ever] recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR?

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Why would people join a bloc party?

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What are the main theories of the evolution of music that look back over 100kya? [closed]

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Were there political reasons/factors behind the divide of Sunni and Shia in Islam? [closed]

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What was the purpose of the breastplate rings on samurai armor?

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What was the hurry in executing Che Guevera in Bolivia [closed]

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During World War II, did the Luftwaffe try to bomb 10 Downing Street?

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What nationality are the soldiers in these WW2 pictures?

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How did institutions react to plagiarism since 1800? [closed]

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Did the famous French privateer Surcouf really drop that epic zinger on an anonymous British officer?

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What was this 1917 shell casing used for?

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Did Comecon [even] fail to standardize container sizes?

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What ways were used by colonials to find minerals in Africa, especially in Tanganyika? [closed]

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War deaths in France, 1919/1920

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Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?

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Did Liu Bang really kill Madam White Serpent? [closed]

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What was the military age in Romania between the world wars?

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Why were male oracles replaced by female oracles?

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Is there any evidence that the black community was anticipating election-related violence in the lead up to the Ocoee Race Massacre?

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If there was truly 3 hours of darkness in Roman empire following the crucifixion, would we expect some sort of record to survive of this happening?

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Was reincarnation part of the early Christian church?

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What do we know of the conditions the "prominents" were kept in in Nazi concentration camps?

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Why does the Spanish Military Medical Corps use the Amalfitan Cross?

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When was the last time that a personal union of thrones led to an effective integration of the nations?

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Did Romans complain about sundials?

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What was the meaning behind these lip make-ups in Ancient China?

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What's the point of the transept?

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Are these Polish WWI or WW2 uniforms? And any idea on the shorter gentleman's military decoration (cross?) on left shoulder?

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What is the exact reign years for Japanese Emperor Keiko, Emperor Seimu, Emperor Chuai, Empress Jingu and Emperor Nintoku?

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What is the origin of these assertions about The Palaces of Qin shih Huang?

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In the siege of Osaka, how long did Osaka Castle burn?

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Did Rasputin ever make false predictions to the royal family?

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Wondering about this socket bayonet that is 25 and a half inches in overall length

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At the beginning of the 20th century, how did Austria-Hungary and Russia's foreign policies conflict in the Balkans?

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Did Stalin describe Beria as his Himmler?

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What is the earliest documented characterization of Hitler as "dictator" in Canada's public record?


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