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I'm in a random diner in the midwest. At what point in history can I expect to use a payphone there and call someone at their house on the other side of the US?

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Have teenagers boys always been made fun of for their cracking voices during puberty? Were there occurrences of teenagers monarch subject to it when speaking in public?

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Why did Napoleon annex so much Italians territories?

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Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie lost his throne from a military coup d'état in 1974. How and why did it happen after more than four decades in power?

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How and why did Leon Trotsky fail to become the leader of the USSR instead of Joseph Staline?

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Thomas Sankara became head of state of Upper Volta on 4 August 1983. On the same day, he renamed the country Burkina Faso. How much of this move came from him, and how was it received?

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In 1715, five years old Louis XV became king of France, but a regence was put in place until his majority, at thirteen. Did the young Louis really wait until then to give order to his ministres? Would they realistically refuse in such a situation?

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Why did the Boers create several countries instead of a single one?

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How did Louis-Philippe manage to "hijack" the french Revolution of 1830 against king Charles X into another monarchy with himself as king?

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Could the break up of Yugoslavia have been conducted peacefully, and was there credible attempts to do so ?

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I'm in a random diner in the midwest. At what point in history can I expect to use a payphone there and call someone at their house on the other side of the US?	35
Have teenagers boys always been made fun of for their cracking voices during puberty? Were there occurrences of teenagers monarch subject to it when speaking in public?	23
Why did Napoleon annex so much Italians territories?	23
Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie lost his throne from a military coup d'état in 1974. How and why did it happen after more than four decades in power?	22
How and why did Leon Trotsky fail to become the leader of the USSR instead of Joseph Staline?	22
Thomas Sankara became head of state of Upper Volta on 4 August 1983. On the same day, he renamed the country Burkina Faso. How much of this move came from him, and how was it received?	22
In 1715, five years old Louis XV became king of France, but a regence was put in place until his majority, at thirteen. Did the young Louis really wait until then to give order to his ministres? Would they realistically refuse in such a situation?	18
Why did the Boers create several countries instead of a single one?	18
How did Louis-Philippe manage to "hijack" the french Revolution of 1830 against king Charles X into another monarchy with himself as king?	16
Could the break up of Yugoslavia have been conducted peacefully, and was there credible attempts to do so ?	15