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Where did the bizarre nickname "Biff" come from? And why did some parents in the 1940s and 50s apparently start giving it out as an actual legal name to their sons?
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How was T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) percieved in the arab world after world war 1 and 2. And how is he percieved in the arab world today?
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In 1892 the US Army chose the Norwegian Krag-Jorgensen as its new service rifle, causing outrage from American companies. By 1907 it was replaced ostensibly over its poor performance in the war with Spain. Was this true or an exaggeration in order to replace the Krag with an American design?
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The Immigration Act of 1918 gave the US government the right to deport anarchists, labour organizers, and communists, among other things. How were lawmakers able to justify something that seems to flagrantly break the 1st amendment at the time?
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When I look up the history of Mongol women in the era of Genghis Khan and his sons/grandsons I only find information on Mongol queens and princesses. How did the other 99.9% of Mongol women live?
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Why do the German and English wikipedia articles on Bloody Sunday (1939) differ so much and what is the truth? They cite the same historian Jochen Böhler but come to vastly different conclusions on local ethnic Germans helping the nazi invasion.
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Apparently some scholars believe that Christianity did not evolve from Judaism as traditionally thought, but that both religions emerged together from a religiously chaotic region that contained a number of proto-Jewish/Abrahamic sects. Is this a matter of interpretation, or new evidence?
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The United States Second Amendment starts with "A well-regulated militia...". What was intended by the phrase "well-regulated" if the right extends to gun owners who are not part of an organised group?
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Today There Are Many Preppers and Survivalists Preparing for the "Coming Collapse", But How Old is the Idea of a Secular End to Civilization?
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Until the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the US federal government considered the "American Indian" nations to be independent foreign nations. That being the case, wouldn't the US government's seizure of Native American lands have violated international law, such as the Treaty of Westphalia (1648)?
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