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How did the UK come to have the most notorious tabloids in the Anglosphere, despite its relatively plaintiff-friendly libel laws?

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Why did Nixon consider impeachment inevitable? Was there any sort of whip count? Did Nixon also expect to be convicted by the Senate?

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What was in Hitler's personal art collection? To what extent did his personal taste influence official pillaging efforts?

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Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?

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My understanding is that there's only one known use of "smallpox blankets," an occupant of Fort Pitt giving two blankets and a handkerchief to emissaries from the tribe laying siege to the fort. How did smallpox blankets become a widespread form of aggression in the public consciousness?

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Why was classic prog rock so dominated by the UK and why did so many prog musicians perform in capes?

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Why was Switzerland so resistant to women's suffrage?

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Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?

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[Frontiers and Borderlands] What, exactly, was the arrangement between the Cossacks and the Tsar?

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I've heard it joked that in the face of competition from imports, Detroit tried everything except making better cars. Is this true? If not, anyone know the origin of the joke?

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How did the UK come to have the most notorious tabloids in the Anglosphere, despite its relatively plaintiff-friendly libel laws?	73
Why did Nixon consider impeachment inevitable? Was there any sort of whip count? Did Nixon also expect to be convicted by the Senate?	61
What was in Hitler's personal art collection? To what extent did his personal taste influence official pillaging efforts?	60
Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?	59
My understanding is that there's only one known use of "smallpox blankets," an occupant of Fort Pitt giving two blankets and a handkerchief to emissaries from the tribe laying siege to the fort. How did smallpox blankets become a widespread form of aggression in the public consciousness?	50
Why was classic prog rock so dominated by the UK and why did so many prog musicians perform in capes?	49
Why was Switzerland so resistant to women's suffrage?	48
Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?	43
[Frontiers and Borderlands] What, exactly, was the arrangement between the Cossacks and the Tsar?	43
I've heard it joked that in the face of competition from imports, Detroit tried everything except making better cars. Is this true? If not, anyone know the origin of the joke?	38