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Woodrow Wilson had a stroke on October 2, 1919, near the tail end of the Paris Peace Conference, which ended in January 1920. Did this event have any effect on the final disposition of the conference?

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Did Russian revolutionaries in the late 19th and early 20th century know that the novel "Demons" was making fun of them? How did they regard it?

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The 1960 Presidential Election in Illinois has become notorious for widespread voter fraud, as depicted in The Irishman and many other works. What evidence is there for widespread malfeasance during the 1960 elections in IL? How much of this was made up after the fact?

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What was German opinion on the Dreyfus affair? Were they mostly Dreyfussards or anti-Dreyfus?

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What did 10th century Europeans make of the ruins of Roman civilization? Did they grasp that there was an ancient civilization that was significantly more technologically advanced and organized than they were?

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Before the first world war had even completed, people in Europe were already cynically predicting the next world war. Why was peace seen as so tenuous even from the very beginning?

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Were US soldiers who fought in the Pacific Theater resentful of the soldiers who fought in Europe for getting a better posting (or vice versa?)

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How was knowledge of the mechanical reaper lost until the 19th century?

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Did people during plagues in the pre-germ theory era ever figure out that social distancing helps curb the spread of sickness?

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Why did Ancient Romans continue to use lead pipes/earthenware when they knew that lead was toxic?

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Woodrow Wilson had a stroke on October 2, 1919, near the tail end of the Paris Peace Conference, which ended in January 1920. Did this event have any effect on the final disposition of the conference?	15
Did Russian revolutionaries in the late 19th and early 20th century know that the novel "Demons" was making fun of them? How did they regard it?	14
The 1960 Presidential Election in Illinois has become notorious for widespread voter fraud, as depicted in The Irishman and many other works. What evidence is there for widespread malfeasance during the 1960 elections in IL? How much of this was made up after the fact?	14
What was German opinion on the Dreyfus affair? Were they mostly Dreyfussards or anti-Dreyfus?	8
What did 10th century Europeans make of the ruins of Roman civilization? Did they grasp that there was an ancient civilization that was significantly more technologically advanced and organized than they were?	7
Before the first world war had even completed, people in Europe were already cynically predicting the next world war. Why was peace seen as so tenuous even from the very beginning?	6
Were US soldiers who fought in the Pacific Theater resentful of the soldiers who fought in Europe for getting a better posting (or vice versa?)	5
How was knowledge of the mechanical reaper lost until the 19th century?	3
Did people during plagues in the pre-germ theory era ever figure out that social distancing helps curb the spread of sickness?	2
Why did Ancient Romans continue to use lead pipes/earthenware when they knew that lead was toxic?	2