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Do we have any surviving evidence of 19th century Spanish sea shanties?

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The killing of the Romanov family during the Russian Revolution is described here in gruesome detail. How accurate is this? How do we know such details?

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The term "Guerilla warfare" gained popularity in light of its use during the Peninsular War in Iberia. What about this conflict was so revolutionary that it led to the propagation of a new term to describe it? Was this style of warfare really so unprecedented?

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How was redlining enforced by real estate brokers in the United States? Were redlined maps disseminated across the country? What were the actual mechanisms involved?

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Did the police 'abandon' Koreatown in the L.A. Riots of 1992?

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Why did "In Flanders Fields" become the most famous poem of the First World War?

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History of Grammar: How old are Grammar rules? Would Early Modern Germans have known what the cases are? Would Shakespeare know what an adverb and pronoun was? Or were these just unspoken norms?

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Has there ever been colonialism without capitalism? Is such a thing even possible?

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Why does the sauna feature so prominently in the history of Finland?

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How accurate is the legend of Léo Major, a Canadian soldier who allegedly captured 93 soldiers alone in the town of Zwolle during WW2?

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Do we have any surviving evidence of 19th century Spanish sea shanties?	52
The killing of the Romanov family during the Russian Revolution is described here in gruesome detail. How accurate is this? How do we know such details?	50
The term "Guerilla warfare" gained popularity in light of its use during the Peninsular War in Iberia. What about this conflict was so revolutionary that it led to the propagation of a new term to describe it? Was this style of warfare really so unprecedented?	50
How was redlining enforced by real estate brokers in the United States? Were redlined maps disseminated across the country? What were the actual mechanisms involved?	48
Did the police 'abandon' Koreatown in the L.A. Riots of 1992?	48
Why did "In Flanders Fields" become the most famous poem of the First World War?	42
History of Grammar: How old are Grammar rules? Would Early Modern Germans have known what the cases are? Would Shakespeare know what an adverb and pronoun was? Or were these just unspoken norms?	41
Has there ever been colonialism without capitalism? Is such a thing even possible?	40
Why does the sauna feature so prominently in the history of Finland?	40
How accurate is the legend of Léo Major, a Canadian soldier who allegedly captured 93 soldiers alone in the town of Zwolle during WW2?	40