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What is the current academic explanation for the ancient Chinese, Europeans and Mesoamericans (Maya, Aztecs…) all having dragon-like figures?

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What does it mean to say the Soviet Union, or it’s collapse, “created” modern Russian Oligarchs? What’s the connection?

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Why did so many women from Europe agree to marry US soldiers they barely knew after WII? When did “war brides” stopped being a thing?

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When and how did Pirates become "kid friendly"?

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When did air forces stopped drawing ladies on airplanes and why?

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Did the Soviet Union and communist countries use "communist operating systems"? Did they have a "communist mac/windows/linux"?

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If guns were available in the Middle Ages, why doesn’t the collective imagination of “Middle Ages” include them? Same with samurais

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How do historians convert ancient (or very old) currencies to modern day values?

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Did Greeks and Romans really have prototypes for steam machines? It’s said those were somewhat close to the industrial revolution nearly 1000 years before.

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Why where the missiles in Cuba so mediatic, but the missiles in Turkey not?

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What is the current academic explanation for the ancient Chinese, Europeans and Mesoamericans (Maya, Aztecs…) all having dragon-like figures?	23
What does it mean to say the Soviet Union, or it’s collapse, “created” modern Russian Oligarchs? What’s the connection?	22
Why did so many women from Europe agree to marry US soldiers they barely knew after WII? When did “war brides” stopped being a thing?	22
When and how did Pirates become "kid friendly"?	20
When did air forces stopped drawing ladies on airplanes and why?	19
Did the Soviet Union and communist countries use "communist operating systems"? Did they have a "communist mac/windows/linux"?	19
If guns were available in the Middle Ages, why doesn’t the collective imagination of “Middle Ages” include them? Same with samurais	18
How do historians convert ancient (or very old) currencies to modern day values?	13
Did Greeks and Romans really have prototypes for steam machines? It’s said those were somewhat close to the industrial revolution nearly 1000 years before.	12
Why where the missiles in Cuba so mediatic, but the missiles in Turkey not?	7