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King Hussein of Jordan was personally on the payroll of a foreign intelligence service - the CIA - from about 1957 to 1977. What was the reaction inside Jordan when the story broke?

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I read in a book that Oceania hasn't always been at war with Eurasia and that there was a time when Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Can this be true?

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There are some fun stories about words or place names derived from colonial interaction with New World Natives, where the names really mean 'I don't know' in the native tongue - 'kangaroo' is one example where there is such a myth, though it's sadly false. Are any of these sorts of etymologies true?

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[WW2] Did Interned German boats in Spain resupply military vessels, as depicted in Das Boot?

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Did Winston Churchill really call for the outright extermination of Japanese people?

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Did Lai Choi San exist, or was she a fabrication?

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King Hussein of Jordan was personally on the payroll of a foreign intelligence service - the CIA - from about 1957 to 1977. What was the reaction inside Jordan when the story broke?	408
I read in a book that Oceania hasn't always been at war with Eurasia and that there was a time when Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Can this be true?	26
There are some fun stories about words or place names derived from colonial interaction with New World Natives, where the names really mean 'I don't know' in the native tongue - 'kangaroo' is one example where there is such a myth, though it's sadly false. Are any of these sorts of etymologies true?	26
[WW2] Did Interned German boats in Spain resupply military vessels, as depicted in Das Boot?	21
Did Winston Churchill really call for the outright extermination of Japanese people?	14
Did Lai Choi San exist, or was she a fabrication?	4