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In 1848, the Milanese planned to quit smoking and gambling in order to starve their Austrian overlords of tax revenues, who in turn sent in thousands of soldiers with 6 cigars each with orders to 'smoke provocatively'. Why did anyone take any of this bizarre plan seriously?
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The meaning of one of the words in the Lord's Prayer (ἐπιούσιος) was unknown less than 300 years after it was written. Was this a unique occurrence or a common problem with preserving the meaning of the Bible?
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How far did the Roman Empire's reputation reach? Did the Japanese know about it? Sub-saharan Africans? Malaysians?
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By June 1918 the German High Command knew WWI was lost, pacificist agitation was rife at home, and mutinous German soldiers were starting to sabotage their own supply lines. So where on earth did the "stab in the back" myth come from by November of that year?
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When Hitler was in power in Germany, did he ever speak about the Beer Hall Putsch? Was it a proud memory or lauded in Nazi propaganda, or was it a failure they preferred to forget? Was the beer hall itself considered a landmark?
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