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Raichman mentions in his memoir "The Last Jew of Treblinka" that the SS relied on a specialist nicknamed 'The Artist'. What do we know about this person?

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Exactly how old is written language in Scandinavia? Is Beowulf truly the first written literature from that region?

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In the early Reconstruction era, state militias in the South had many black freedmen. What do we know about these militiamen?

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After the collapse of the USSR the MPLA in Angola quickly changed their ideology from Marxism-Leninism to Social Democracy. How much of their platform actually changed?

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When the Hebrew language was being revived, why did they opt to use its original script as opposed to the already widespread Latin alphabet?

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In medieval England, what kinds of methods would an outlaw-hunter use to do their job?

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I've heard people say that in the antebellum South, people usually identified themselves by their state rather than as Americans, to what extent is this true?

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Raichman mentions in his memoir "The Last Jew of Treblinka" that the SS relied on a specialist nicknamed 'The Artist'. What do we know about this person?	216
Exactly how old is written language in Scandinavia? Is Beowulf truly the first written literature from that region?	25
In the early Reconstruction era, state militias in the South had many black freedmen. What do we know about these militiamen?	14
After the collapse of the USSR the MPLA in Angola quickly changed their ideology from Marxism-Leninism to Social Democracy. How much of their platform actually changed?	13
When the Hebrew language was being revived, why did they opt to use its original script as opposed to the already widespread Latin alphabet?	8
In medieval England, what kinds of methods would an outlaw-hunter use to do their job?	6
I've heard people say that in the antebellum South, people usually identified themselves by their state rather than as Americans, to what extent is this true?	5