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Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 and served 27 years in prison, at times only being able to receive one letter every six months. How did he become internationally famous by the time of his release from prison?

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Why were American GIs arriving in Vietnam told that they would be attacked when they landed?

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When did schools in the US stop teaching US history as a subset of British history?

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When and why did nominees to the US Supreme Court exclusively come from judicial backgrounds?

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When did the United States military phase out corporal punishment as discipline?

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How expensive was furniture for most people in late 19th century America?

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Would William Wallace have worn a kilt?

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Why do comfort women and other issues of Japanese imperialism emerge as major hot topics in the 1990s and not earlier?

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Were Japan's wars in the Pacific motivated by anti-communism?

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Opinions regarding diplomatic history and its future worth

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Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 and served 27 years in prison, at times only being able to receive one letter every six months. How did he become internationally famous by the time of his release from prison?	397
Why were American GIs arriving in Vietnam told that they would be attacked when they landed?	86
When did schools in the US stop teaching US history as a subset of British history?	17
When and why did nominees to the US Supreme Court exclusively come from judicial backgrounds?	15
When did the United States military phase out corporal punishment as discipline?	13
How expensive was furniture for most people in late 19th century America?	12
Would William Wallace have worn a kilt?	9
Why do comfort women and other issues of Japanese imperialism emerge as major hot topics in the 1990s and not earlier?	7
Were Japan's wars in the Pacific motivated by anti-communism?	4
Opinions regarding diplomatic history and its future worth	3