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In a 1954 episode of You Bet Your Life, a contestant named claimed to be the son of a president of El Salvador who was removed in a revolution in 1929. Was he doing a bit? Or exaggerating?

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Did the Norse have peaceful (perhaps mercantile?) contact with Britain and France before Viking raids began? If not, how did the Vikings know where to raid?

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How did the former Soviet states decide on dividing up the former national property and resources, especially military resources?

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What's the consensus on how the construction techniques used to build the pyramids?

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How did mining work in the Roman Empire?

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Do we know what the chili cultivars that were first brought to Europe were like?

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How did the attempted assassinations and coups instigated by the CIA in the fifties and sixties work on the ground?

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No British prime minister (or monarch) has been assassinated since 1812. In that time, four U.S. presidents have been. Is the U.S. just bad at security for its leaders? Is the some other reason for the difference?

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How did the non-European population of the Spanish colonies in the Americas acquire their last names?

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Before machinery, how would people make straight edges and find right angles?

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In a 1954 episode of You Bet Your Life, a contestant named claimed to be the son of a president of El Salvador who was removed in a revolution in 1929. Was he doing a bit? Or exaggerating?	11	AskHistorians
Did the Norse have peaceful (perhaps mercantile?) contact with Britain and France before Viking raids began? If not, how did the Vikings know where to raid?	11	AskHistorians
How did the former Soviet states decide on dividing up the former national property and resources, especially military resources?	10	AskHistorians
What's the consensus on how the construction techniques used to build the pyramids?	10	AskHistorians
How did mining work in the Roman Empire?	10	AskHistorians
Do we know what the chili cultivars that were first brought to Europe were like?	9	AskHistorians
How did the attempted assassinations and coups instigated by the CIA in the fifties and sixties work on the ground?	9	AskHistorians
No British prime minister (or monarch) has been assassinated since 1812. In that time, four U.S. presidents have been. Is the U.S. just bad at security for its leaders? Is the some other reason for the difference?	9	AskHistorians
How did the non-European population of the Spanish colonies in the Americas acquire their last names?	9	AskHistorians
Before machinery, how would people make straight edges and find right angles?	9	AskHistorians