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you know you hear old stories about women and young boys dressing up as men to join the military. During either of the world wars, or maybe even before, did any of the world powers have any official special rules for what you were supposed to do if a POW turned out to be either under 18 or women?
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Was there any major wars in the ancient world based on religion and different beliefs in gods? example; egyptian, greek or roman?
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What was the reaction of JFK's assassination in the USSR like? Were people shocked, sympathetic, happy? Did any Soviet citizens or officials think it was one of their operatives? What was the general populations attitude towards JFK?
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English is ubiquitous in India, but Dutch has virtually no presence in modern Indonesia, although it was under Dutch control for over 300 years. What differences in colonial policies led to this difference?
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Is there any proof of the Fascist plot in the 1930s led by Wall Street financiers to overtrow Roosevelt?
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My Grandmother (born 1927) and many other people in my neighbourhood in the Netherlands still call Germany "Prussia", even though Prussia wasn't around when they were born. How long did the name survive after unification and are there other places and/or languages where the name is still used?
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The Greeks worshipped the Olympians,who were believed to have vanquished the earlier Titans. Did anyone natively worship the Titans before the Olympians "arrived"?
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One of the most iconic lines in Game of Thrones is "the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword". Meaning the one who condemns a man to death should be the one who carries out the execution. Is there any historical precedence for such a practice or is it just fantasy ?
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