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The old 1-yen banknote portrays a Japanese empress as a seemingly white woman with Caucasian features. What was the reasoning for this?
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'In this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.' So wrote Voltaire in reference to the British admiral John Byng, who was shot in 1757 for 'failing to do his utmost'. But how much did Byng's execution change attitudes and practices in the Royal Navy?
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The fascinating show "Tudor Monastery" mentioned that 25% of Tudor era harvests failed, but they didn't say why. So why?
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Watching Deadwood and the episode in which Bullock's wife and son arrive and it led me to a question about traveling by stage NSFW
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When did Scandinavian countries start to become synonymous with quality of life? Do these developments coincide with first generations of social democratic prime ministers or is it a newer trend?
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Given that the Pony Express lasted only one and half years before going bankrupt two days after the construction of the transcontinental telegraph, why does it enjoy such a lasting legacy today?
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How similar/disimilar were the military dictatorships and daily life in the 2 Koreas from 1950-1980?
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