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Mongolia asked to join the Warsaw Pact in 1963, but was blocked by Hungary. Why did Mongolia want into a USSR-dominated alliance that so many eastern European countries wanted to escape? Why did Hungary want to keep Mongolia out of the pact?
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Did Men REALLY dress as well as portrayed in European and US cinema, '40-'60s? If so, how did this work, what coping mechanisms did they use and how different were mens' clothing budgets/usage compared to today's?
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Why did many rulers take a variation of the title "Caesar" such as "Kaiser", "Tsar" rather than the higher title of Augustus?
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What was Senator Barry Goldwater's deal? He founded the Arizona NAACP and National Guard (which he personally desegregated 2 years before the rest of the military), but was publicly against desegregation and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. What gives for these conflicting actions and attitudes?
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I have a bit of a "niche" question that may sound silly, but I'm quite interested: how did early seafarers in sailing ships go to the bathroom? Would, say, an ancient Roman and a Portuguese sailerin the Exploration Age use the same "technique," or did it evolve?
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1960s: Could a white male 18-year-old American really get a union factory job with good benefits just by more-or-less showing up at the factory in a suit with his HS diploma in hand?
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