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Was there ever a “cocoa trade” similar to the Spice Trade? If so, how well established was it, and how did cocoa (and eventually chocolate) become so popular anyway?

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Was there a similar level of stigmatization in the United States against the Beatles, as there was against Elvis?

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How did the Napoleonic Wars leave a legacy on the new French Army? Did old tactics, strategy, leadership and experience have a profound effect in the 1820s or was the army built from scratch after the fall of Napoleon?

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Why was it that the Courland Pocket lasted so long?

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Why did the Soviet Union fail to adequately respond to many internal uprisings and civil disturbances in the late 1980s and 1990-91 (the Baltics, Nagorno-Karabakh, etc)?

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How did the European powers react to the ideals of freedom and democracy as well as the new constitution and government in the United States?

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What would happen if the Warsaw Pact used a single currency the same way the EU does today?

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In the United States, when did fire trucks and services evolve to the “q siren” with its loud, raspy and air-raid akin sound?

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Was there ever a “cocoa trade” similar to the Spice Trade? If so, how well established was it, and how did cocoa (and eventually chocolate) become so popular anyway?	20
Was there a similar level of stigmatization in the United States against the Beatles, as there was against Elvis?	4
How did the Napoleonic Wars leave a legacy on the new French Army? Did old tactics, strategy, leadership and experience have a profound effect in the 1820s or was the army built from scratch after the fall of Napoleon?	2
Why was it that the Courland Pocket lasted so long?	2
Why did the Soviet Union fail to adequately respond to many internal uprisings and civil disturbances in the late 1980s and 1990-91 (the Baltics, Nagorno-Karabakh, etc)?	1
How did the European powers react to the ideals of freedom and democracy as well as the new constitution and government in the United States?	1
What would happen if the Warsaw Pact used a single currency the same way the EU does today?	1
In the United States, when did fire trucks and services evolve to the “q siren” with its loud, raspy and air-raid akin sound?	1