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How did a young, rebellious filmmaker like George Lucas get big name dramatic actors like Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing to star in his fantastical space opera?

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Why did Bavaria, a proudly South German state, end up in the sphere of the Prussian-led North German Confederation (and eventually the German state) instead of the Austrian one?

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Is there any historical evidence of organized Satanism before the 19th Century?

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Why did Alexander push so far to the East before even thinking about the West?

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Japan took territory from Germany during World War 1, but was allied to Germany during World War 2. Was there ever any discussion of what would become of the former German territory held by Japan if the Axis won?

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Why didn't any of the pre-Mongol steppe tribes have Mongol levels of military success?

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In Assassin's Creed Origins, set in 48 BCE Ptolemaic Egypt, we see rival chariot teams wearing blue and green. Were the "Blues" and "Greens" of Byzantine fame around that far back, or is this an anachronism?

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How did German foods like hamburgers and frankfurters become more quintessentially "American" than English staples many of the original colonists would have been familiar with?

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Why did the military title of Roman monarchs, "Imperator", survive into modern times to designate the highest tier of leaders rather than the civic titles of "Dominus" or "Princeps"?

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Why did Latin become the universal liturgical language for most of Western Christianity prior to the reformation while in the East, Greek never took on the same role?

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How did a young, rebellious filmmaker like George Lucas get big name dramatic actors like Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing to star in his fantastical space opera?	174
Why did Bavaria, a proudly South German state, end up in the sphere of the Prussian-led North German Confederation (and eventually the German state) instead of the Austrian one?	169
Is there any historical evidence of organized Satanism before the 19th Century?	79
Why did Alexander push so far to the East before even thinking about the West?	66
Japan took territory from Germany during World War 1, but was allied to Germany during World War 2. Was there ever any discussion of what would become of the former German territory held by Japan if the Axis won?	61
Why didn't any of the pre-Mongol steppe tribes have Mongol levels of military success?	44
In Assassin's Creed Origins, set in 48 BCE Ptolemaic Egypt, we see rival chariot teams wearing blue and green. Were the "Blues" and "Greens" of Byzantine fame around that far back, or is this an anachronism?	36
How did German foods like hamburgers and frankfurters become more quintessentially "American" than English staples many of the original colonists would have been familiar with?	35
Why did the military title of Roman monarchs, "Imperator", survive into modern times to designate the highest tier of leaders rather than the civic titles of "Dominus" or "Princeps"?	34
Why did Latin become the universal liturgical language for most of Western Christianity prior to the reformation while in the East, Greek never took on the same role?	32