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133 Questions

Who gave Charles the Bold his nickname and why?

Emigration restrictions in history

The history of the idea that lack of moral censure leads to decline

Did the Romans “copy” their political system from the Greeks?

Were slaves allowed to use the Roman baths?

Do British peers have a special way of signing their names?

Was smoking ever considered a throat cure?

Did FDR support Hoover for the presidency of the US in 1920?

Who were the “tyrants” that Charles Martel “crushed”?

Was the ancient Roman King ( i.e. rex) elected for eight years?

What was the reaction of Western Communist Parties to Kruschev's 1956 speech denouncing Stalin?

Did Engels and Welles ever call for the extermination of Basques and Serbs?

Why did the Arab League re-admit Egypt in 1989?

What were acceptance criteria/process to the Vienna Fine Arts Academy in 1906-7?

Why were proconsular appointments so staggered under the Principate?

Why was health insurance not included in the Social Security Act of 1935?

The Rosenberg diary and the functionalist-intentionalist debate

Was the Byzantine follis larger than the Roman (and why, if yes)?

Upper-class male cohabitation in mid-19th century USA

Why was A.K.Gastev purged in 1939?

Is Howard Roark's potted history of architecture accurate?

Is Malenkov wearing some sort of uniform in this picture?

When was the Passover Seder ritual formalized?

Were there rules about the number of retainers for the Achaemenid Empire?

Why was Tsesarevich Alexei's hemophilia a state secret?

Were members of Soviet Republican Communist Parties also members of the CPSU?

What was the currency in use in Palestine shortly before and during WWI?

What was the first assassination/murder recorded on film?

Was there continuity in the political elite between the Confederation Congress and the US Congress?

What exactly was the Philby Plan?