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Did King Harold have an alternative to immediately going to face William the Conqueror and his army?

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Looking at the 1996 American Presidential Elections, did the voting habits of white baby boomers who voted for McGovern change over that period of time and, if so, how?

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During WWII, how aware was Japan of the nuclear arms race between Germany and the United States?

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Who were the prominent proponents and opponents of United States intervention during the Rwandan genocide?

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In the English folk ballad Matty Groves, who was the audience supposed to or whom did the audience sympathize with: Matty Groves or the lord?

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There is a common trope in American Western films where the West is a small world where it was not uncommon for someone from New Mexico to know someone from Kansas due to the migratory nature of the inhabitants. Is there a historical basis for this?

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I know that in England, highwaymen were often romanticized. Did that tradition exist in other countries?

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Golden Age Hollywood was rife with historical errors, but what were some surprising and interesting historical facts that the writers got right?

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Did King Harold have an alternative to immediately going to face William the Conqueror and his army?	3
Looking at the 1996 American Presidential Elections, did the voting habits of white baby boomers who voted for McGovern change over that period of time and, if so, how?	3
During WWII, how aware was Japan of the nuclear arms race between Germany and the United States?	3
Who were the prominent proponents and opponents of United States intervention during the Rwandan genocide?	3
In the English folk ballad Matty Groves, who was the audience supposed to or whom did the audience sympathize with: Matty Groves or the lord?	1
There is a common trope in American Western films where the West is a small world where it was not uncommon for someone from New Mexico to know someone from Kansas due to the migratory nature of the inhabitants. Is there a historical basis for this?	1
I know that in England, highwaymen were often romanticized. Did that tradition exist in other countries?	1
Golden Age Hollywood was rife with historical errors, but what were some surprising and interesting historical facts that the writers got right?	1