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Why did the US fail to kill Castro so many times? Wouldn't it have been relatively easy for the CIA to pull such an assassination off?

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Were bards earning a living travelling from inn to inn in medieval times really as common as fiction would have us believe?

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What would a pope's clothing have looked like in the 800s BCE?

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What currency would have been used in Rome, in 896 AD?

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Exactly how much did Russia know about the Manhattan Project during the Potsdam Conference?

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Why didn't the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 justify the government's actions in during Schechter v. US?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the US fail to kill Castro so many times? Wouldn't it have been relatively easy for the CIA to pull such an assassination off?	352
Were bards earning a living travelling from inn to inn in medieval times really as common as fiction would have us believe?	326
What would a pope's clothing have looked like in the 800s BCE?	20
What currency would have been used in Rome, in 896 AD?	11
Exactly how much did Russia know about the Manhattan Project during the Potsdam Conference?	3
Why didn't the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 justify the government's actions in during Schechter v. US?	2