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Is this tale of WW2 true?
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Comparison of naval fleet strengths during the Napoleonic wars
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What is a major historical event historians are deeply divided over?
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Why did Virginia let Kentucky become a separate state?
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Was the Macedonian phalanx more effective than hoplites?
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Did this "sledge rigged like a sloop" vehicle ever exist, or was it an invention of Jules Verne?
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Why was there lack of food during WW2 in the UK?
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Why is the color red associated with communism?
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Is chain mail expensive?
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What is the origin of the Flower of Life symbol?
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Why did the United States drop a uranium bomb instead of a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima?
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Why did Austronesian/Polynesian people not colonize Australia?
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What was the longest a World War II submarine stayed at sea without being resupplied at a port?
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How long would a letter take to arrive in England from America in 1890?
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Who was the last leader of a country to call himself a dictator, or the last regime that called itself a dictatorship?
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How old is the idea that humans have 360 joints?
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How did Columbus calculate the size of the Earth?
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When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
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What was the cause of death of Male Rao Holkar?
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Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
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Why were helmets and other body armour not commonplace in the 1800s?
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When were 'time zones' (or at least time difference) discovered?
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How literate were common people in Medieval Europe?
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How did Mehmed II die?
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How was Switzerland able to stay neutral during WWI and WWII?
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Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
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Why was Copernicus not persecuted by the church, but Galileo was?
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Did the King of Siam offer war elephants to the Union during the Civil War?
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Did Andrew Jackson threaten to kill the Vice President?
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Why did really old paintings use such bizarre, unnatural perspective/proportions?
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Did anyone in ancient times want to abolish slavery?
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What's the explanation for the similarities seen between the Rapa Nui script and the Indus Valley Script?
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How did knights who required glasses to see survive on the battlefield?
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Why did English become Lingua Franca of the modern world? [closed]
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How long would it take to cross the Channel in 1890's?
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Did people use to marry much younger during the last millennium?
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What did ancient Romans use instead of shampoo?
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Who was the longest lived European monarch of the middle ages?
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In 1914 why didn't Germany simply mobilize its army without declaring war?
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Which nation on Earth has been under foreign rule the longest? [closed]
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How was security on the Silk Road between China and the West maintained?
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Why was the US unable to win in Korea? [closed]
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How were Chinese Dynasties named?
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How long did it take to build siege engines in the middle ages?
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How did ancient Roman family names survive to current day use?
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Why did the person in charge of a principality not just declare themself king?
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How close was the Soviet Union to collapsing during WW2?
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Where did Asian Americans go to school during the 'separate but equal' era?
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Why is Las Vegas located where it is?
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What equipment and formations did the Muslim armies employ against the Crusades?
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What were Germany's long-term aims in World War I?
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Why didn't line infantry tactics try to keep up a constant volley of fire?
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How much was the wealthy elite harmed by the Bolshevik revolution?
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Were there inns and hostels in medieval Europe?
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Why did Robert F. Kennedy loathe Lyndon B. Johnson?
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What is the difference between the Ancient Greek religion and the Ancient Roman religion?
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Was it possible for a message from Paris to reach London within 48 hours in 1782?
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How were diplomats and their staffs treated when World War II was declared?
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Are there military commanders other than Khalid ibn al-Walid who have never been defeated?
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When did prostitution become illegal in the United States and why? [closed]
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