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Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?

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What did Canadians use to pay for goods or services between 1871 and 1935?

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Was there a German embassy open in 1941 Lisbon?

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When were US Presidential candidates' names first shown on the ballot?

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Did Romans complain about sundials?

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Did Stalin prevent the partitioning of Bulgaria by the western Allies after WW2?

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War deaths in France, 1919/1920

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Was reincarnation part of the early Christian church?

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Is this excerpt from an AI-generated answer re Portugal in WWII based on any real events?

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Why did France renounce its claim on St Paul and Amsterdam Islands?

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Why wouldn't debtors simply destroy their tally sticks?

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

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Was Pythagoras against traditional/contemporary Greek education?

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Did the USSR attempt to broker peace negotiations between Japan and USA?

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How did medieval architects determine sizes and numbers of pillars, buttresses etc?

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When did the United Kingdom become "United" rather than merely united? (I.e., that word became part of its name.)

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Did Stalin describe Beria as his Himmler?

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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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When and how was West/East-German citizenship determined in the early years of post-war Germany? [duplicate]

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What's the point of the transept?

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What was the Ancient Egyptian's word for eleventh or twelfth?

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What is the structure in front of the entrance to Menkaure's pyramid?

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Is this old oval copper coin Chinese?

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Did Western governments object to repression of western communists during Stalinism? [closed]

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During segregation and Jim Crow laws in the US what happened if a person was allowed to use white facilities but other users objected? [closed]

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Did Seattle prostitutes call themselves "Seamstresses"?

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Did Rasputin ever make false predictions to the royal family?

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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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Did the Romans ever get the idea to pardon Jesus or expunge the conviction when they adopted it as the state religion in 380, Edict of Thessalonica?

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

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Did either Chinese government (Beijing or Taipei) operate an administrative structure in the Kowloon Walled City at any time between 1898 and 1994?

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Did Roman prosperity peak right on the eve of collapse (in particular c. 399)?

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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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In medieval battles, what would happen with non-noble POWs?

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Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?

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Was Dumas' Three Musketeers portraying 17th century France accurate? Alternatives?

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Where in America did James Macpherson travel?

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

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

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How were Soviet-Afghanistan War casualties distributed between the Soviet Republics? Were they disproportionately non-Russian?

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

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How was "three fifths" decided on?

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Where is the river that Bob Ross would often paint? [closed]


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