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One of today's top reddit posts suggests the Dutch East India company was worth nearly 7.9 trillion dollars, more than the value of 20 of the world's most valuable companies today. Is this the largest private accumulation of wealth in history, and what assets made the company so valuable?
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In the game Europa Universalis 4, players who control the Holy Roman Emperor have the option to re-centralize the empire through a series of reforms. Do these reforms accurately reflect the problems the Holy Roman Empire faced, and would enacting them have curbed its decline?
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How did the Roman Republic determine its budget? Was there different factions who wanted to increase spending for certain activities, and decrease for others?
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I know LBJ and RFK hated each other. What I don’t know is why? Their attitudes on race, the economy, and foreign policy seem to match up perfectly. Why was there so much animus between the two politicians?
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When the United States acquired Louisiana Territory in 1803, did the Spanish and French already living in the territory become US citizens?
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Why did the split-level plan for family homes in the US become popular in the mid-20th century, and why did it fall out of style?
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In the podcast Dolly Parton's America, someone mentions that the term hillbilly was once used against poor white people who tried to organize post-civil war fusion governments with black people. Is this true or revisionist history?
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