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Why didn't Wehrmacht soldiers refuse to kill civilians?

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Did the ancients or other pre-industrial civilisations engage in unsustainable practices?

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Were ancient ships named?

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How were concentration and extermination camp guards recruited?

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What are the text and subtext of this 1949 Soviet cartoon?

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How advanced was the satellite technology during the Yom Kippur War?

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What did Yuri Gagarin do while waiting for his ride?

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How did the Japanese treat captured "Flying Tigers" in World War II?

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What was the ratio women to men after World War 2 in the Soviet Union

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Why didn't Soviet Jews flee east ahead of the advancing Nazis?

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Was being in the KKK politically/socially acceptable in early 1900's American South?

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Why did South Korea (and the UN) accept an armistice line that put Seoul in artillery range of North Korea?

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What does a leaning cross on a gravestone mean?

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Did Stalin have full control of the government in 1936?

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Were barcodes used in the Soviet Union?

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Why did Stalin exile Trotsky instead of killing or imprisoning him?

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Seeking explanation about Leicester's "mechanical dolphin" of 1575

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What was the Soviet reasoning for developing their Airborne Forces (VDV) into a powerful military branch?

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How "successful" were WWII pigeon-guided missiles?

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Why did the Targowica Confederation not realise its armed opposition to the May Constitution of 1791 would result in the entire annexation of Poland?

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What were The Troubles in Northern Ireland really about?

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What was the extent of Kohl's government opposition to the independence of Ukraine?

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What was the first fossil fuel pipeline in the Soviet Union?

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During WW2, did the USSR re-gauge railways in conquered areas?

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Did B-17 crews run into difficulty releasing their bombs and does data exist on this?

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Jerusalem 1187: How would Saladin's army have laid siege to the walls?

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What happened to people's houses during the Soviets' reign?

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Is there evidence to suggest that vampire fiction was invented to satirize Lord Byron?

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Queen Victoria and the Tsar’s faberge egg

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Why was religion used as the basis of Turkey-Greece population exchange instead of language, ethnicity, etc.?

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Why didn't Wehrmacht soldiers refuse to kill civilians?

Did the ancients or other pre-industrial civilisations engage in unsustainable practices?

Were ancient ships named?

How were concentration and extermination camp guards recruited?

What are the text and subtext of this 1949 Soviet cartoon?

How advanced was the satellite technology during the Yom Kippur War?

What did Yuri Gagarin do while waiting for his ride?

How did the Japanese treat captured "Flying Tigers" in World War II?

What was the ratio women to men after World War 2 in the Soviet Union

Why didn't Soviet Jews flee east ahead of the advancing Nazis?

Was being in the KKK politically/socially acceptable in early 1900's American South?

Why did South Korea (and the UN) accept an armistice line that put Seoul in artillery range of North Korea?

What does a leaning cross on a gravestone mean?

Did Stalin have full control of the government in 1936?

Were barcodes used in the Soviet Union?

Why did Stalin exile Trotsky instead of killing or imprisoning him?

Seeking explanation about Leicester's "mechanical dolphin" of 1575

What was the Soviet reasoning for developing their Airborne Forces (VDV) into a powerful military branch?

How "successful" were WWII pigeon-guided missiles?

Why did the Targowica Confederation not realise its armed opposition to the May Constitution of 1791 would result in the entire annexation of Poland?

What were The Troubles in Northern Ireland really about?

What was the extent of Kohl's government opposition to the independence of Ukraine?

What was the first fossil fuel pipeline in the Soviet Union?

During WW2, did the USSR re-gauge railways in conquered areas?

Did B-17 crews run into difficulty releasing their bombs and does data exist on this?

Jerusalem 1187: How would Saladin's army have laid siege to the walls?

What happened to people's houses during the Soviets' reign?

Is there evidence to suggest that vampire fiction was invented to satirize Lord Byron?

Queen Victoria and the Tsar’s faberge egg

Why was religion used as the basis of Turkey-Greece population exchange instead of language, ethnicity, etc.?