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Was there an increased interest in 'the spirit world' in the aftermath of the First World War?
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What are some inventions from the Chinese Han Dynasty? [closed]
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What is the main difference between an Emperor, a King, a Char, a Sultan, a Dictator, a Dynast and a Tyrant? [closed]
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In which East European country in the 1980s did people put their TVs in front of windows and turn them facing outside?
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Why did Western democracies sign the Munich Agreement?
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Who is this Asian figure?
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Was there regular contact by the general population between the Spanish Netherlands and the Dutch Republic during the second half of the 17th Century?
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Why did some 18-19C. educated Caucasian American males have weird first names? [closed]
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Were Russians less racist than I thought? [closed]
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How long was a sea journey from England to East Africa 1868-1877?
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Why was the ship “Palmyra” so named?
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Why do some playing cards have only one eye?
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What is the earliest mention of space travel?
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What is the Thalassic Age?
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Can a country only have one indigenous population?
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What did a train ticket cost on a 1940 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe train?
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Have any historical pandemics actually originated in the United States?
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Could there be frozen animals under Antarctica's ice sheets?
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Why acquire real vs forged signatures?
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What is the line of descent from from emperor Louis III to Henry VII?
Awarded Jan 29 at 22:57
Why weren't pickled fruits and vegetables part of (European) rations during the Age of Sail?
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Is there any example of a monarch being presumed dead but returning after the heir ascended to the throne?
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In the US, why did anti-authoritarian sentiment grow only in the 1960s?
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What are the figures in the “Goodbye Donald Trump” video [closed]
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Why does the Edwardian era imply king Edward VII? [closed]
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Why is the leap day on February 29th?
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How did CGP Grey get his hands on old New York Times papers?
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How to track down a Spanish/Latin American soldier that fought in wars internationally (18th/19th century)?
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Is it reasonable to claim that peaceful transfers of power began, globally, in the United States? [closed]
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Why were there so many Japanese Prime Ministers before and during WW2?
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Is my comparison on the significance of black and red pottery plausible?
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Where in the sources does it say that Syagrius claimed to be “merely governing a Roman province”?
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Would Stalin have dropped the nuclear bomb on Germany in 1945, if he had it then? [closed]
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Did the Babylonian priesthood flee to Pergamum?
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How true is this observation concerning battle?
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Did Benjamin Franklin say “Holland is not a nation but a shop”? Why?
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Is there any verifiable ancient source for the etymology of βάρβαρος?
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What was Japan's grand strategy in WW2?
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Why does the US have many top-level web domains? [closed]
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When was the first full length book sent over telegraph?
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Why are there so few Greeks and Macedonians in India? [closed]
Awarded Dec 25 '20 at 11:16
Did Argentine President Juan Peron grant free access to the radio, the press and two soccer stadiums to a preacher called Tommy Hicks in 1954?
Awarded Dec 24 '20 at 7:22
What is the source for this Goering quote on radar?
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Why didn't the British attack the Continental Congress?
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Did Napoleon's coronation mantle survive?
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Where was the Battle of Antioch (613 CE) fought?
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What was the typical error with dead reckoning navigation?
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Was there any imperial nation whose home country was conquered but was able to retain its colonies? [duplicate]
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What alternatives to working was proposed in Paris during May, 1968? [closed]
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What exactly is the US national anthem?
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Why are pre-Harappan strata grouped together with Early Harappan strata? Does this not obfuscate the development of the civilization?
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Did French troops use chemical weapons during the Siege of Laghouat in 1852?
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Did Nazi party members request exemption for their pre-war Jewish acquaintances?
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Did medieval people wear collars with a castellated hem?
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Who first called natural satellites “moons”?
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When and why did the use of the lifespans of royalty to limit clauses in contracts come about?
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What is the oldest quote or poem in known history?
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What was the first documented mention of American English different from British English?
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Was the title “Prince of Wales” originally claimed for the English crown prince via a trick?
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Are there any contemporary diaries about the Yugoslav Wars?
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