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Why didn’t civilizations in the Americas develop castles, catapults, and the general medieval sieges we saw in Asia or Europe?
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The Imperial Japanese Army was notorious for its brutality towards enemy soldiers and civilians alike. Post-WWII, were there societal issues with domestic abuse, violent behaviour, etc against their own people that were linked to these wartime behaviours?
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In the series Stranger Things, set in 1984, one character is able to use the internet to hack into a school's computers and change grades. Did schools in rural Indiana even have access to the internet then?
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Why is Fidel Castro so often seen as such a villain and Che Guevara seen as such a hero when they worked side by side on the same campaign?
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Why is the "Black Death" mentioned so often in western history but not Chinese history even though it originated there?
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