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In 1829, Sam Houston married Eliza Allen, a woman 16 years his junior. She proceeded to leave him with little explanation almost immediately, and afterwards Houston resigned his governorship of Tennessee. What exactly happened here?

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What did actual ranchers and Westerners think of Theodore Roosevelt's "cowboy" public image?

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During the French Revolution, the government of France cracked down on Catholicism; according to Wikipedia "six to nine thousand [priests] agreed or were coerced to marry" - Who were they being forced to marry?

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How reputable is the 1999 documentary "Waco: A New Revelation"?

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I am currently reading "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris and was surprised by his mention of a veteran's anti-imperialism movement in the US in the late 19th-century. Could someone expand on this train of thought?

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Did any assassinated United States Presidents leave last-will-and-testaments at the time of their deaths, and if so, are they public record?

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What became of Roald Amundsen's surviving sled dogs following his first successful expedition to the South Pole? Were they later eaten by Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition?

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In 1829, Sam Houston married Eliza Allen, a woman 16 years his junior. She proceeded to leave him with little explanation almost immediately, and afterwards Houston resigned his governorship of Tennessee. What exactly happened here?	1148
What did actual ranchers and Westerners think of Theodore Roosevelt's "cowboy" public image?	12
During the French Revolution, the government of France cracked down on Catholicism; according to Wikipedia "six to nine thousand [priests] agreed or were coerced to marry" - Who were they being forced to marry?	9
How reputable is the 1999 documentary "Waco: A New Revelation"?	5
I am currently reading "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris and was surprised by his mention of a veteran's anti-imperialism movement in the US in the late 19th-century. Could someone expand on this train of thought?	3
Did any assassinated United States Presidents leave last-will-and-testaments at the time of their deaths, and if so, are they public record?	1
What became of Roald Amundsen's surviving sled dogs following his first successful expedition to the South Pole? Were they later eaten by Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition?	1