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In this cartoon from Puck, what indicates the identities of France and Britain?

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What was the contemporary German public opinion on the Herero Genocide?

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Did the founding members of the Black Panthers ever mention the role of Malcolm X in creating their group?

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Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?

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What does “MET HLS INDIA” inscribed on a bottom of brass sugar bowl mean?

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Who are the 20th century painters on this t-shirt?

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Why were the British so reluctant to allow Jewish migration to Palestine?

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How did the US/South Vietnam lose the Vietnam war?

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Why didn't France and UK invade Germany September 3rd 1939?

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What is the earliest mention of an estimate of 71% water (or 70.8%) / 29% land (or 29.2%)?

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Has Britain's 1940 invasion of Iceland been downplayed by historians?

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Was there anything like an African-American architectural style or symbolism at the beginning of the 20th century?

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Who were the Wright brothers' competitors?

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What do “zones of influence” mean, according to the Treaty of Sevres after WWI?

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