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What is the most likely answer of what the Voynich Manuscript really is?

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It's often said a great plague decimated North America's population before Europeans arrived. What was the plague? How bad was it?

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What did navels look like on people before modern medicine?

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When the British taxed the American colonial people, in what form was that revenue and wealth transferred back to the Crown in London? How about our other historic empires?

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If Armstrong and Aldrin had become trapped on the moon, would we have gone back to bring home their bodies?

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How would Mohammed's views at the time of his life reconcile with beliefs and practices of ISIS and the Saudi Wahabbists?

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Biologically speaking, who are the most ancient likely and recognized ancestors of Queen Elizabeth?

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History of foreign leaders criticizing or insulting American Presidential candidates?

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In the West Wing show, President Bartlett and Vice-President Hoynes have an often acrimonious relationship. What Presidents and VPs had particulary hostile or friendly relations?

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Based on the time periods and geography in the mythology around King Arthur, what type of sword could Excalibur have been if real?

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What is the most likely answer of what the Voynich Manuscript really is?	42
It's often said a great plague decimated North America's population before Europeans arrived. What was the plague? How bad was it?	39
What did navels look like on people before modern medicine?	39
When the British taxed the American colonial people, in what form was that revenue and wealth transferred back to the Crown in London? How about our other historic empires?	34
If Armstrong and Aldrin had become trapped on the moon, would we have gone back to bring home their bodies?	31
How would Mohammed's views at the time of his life reconcile with beliefs and practices of ISIS and the Saudi Wahabbists?	22
Biologically speaking, who are the most ancient likely and recognized ancestors of Queen Elizabeth?	21
History of foreign leaders criticizing or insulting American Presidential candidates?	19
In the West Wing show, President Bartlett and Vice-President Hoynes have an often acrimonious relationship. What Presidents and VPs had particulary hostile or friendly relations?	14
Based on the time periods and geography in the mythology around King Arthur, what type of sword could Excalibur have been if real?	13