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What typically ended up happening to unused surplus equipment (uniforms, weapons, etc) made for the Napoleonic War (or similar such conflict)?
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Was there ever a serious chance of a political, non-military resolution to Southern secession after the Fort Sumter incident in 1861? How close was something like that?
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How prevalent were consumer goods/luxuries in Russia between the Bolshevik Revolution and the outbreak of World War II?
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Several prominent figures in the East German government (Ulbricht, Mielke, Kessler, etc) defected to the USSR during World War II. How common were German defections, especially early in the war? Why would one leave the "winning (at that time)" side? What separated defectors and POWs?
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It seems there was a relatively strong anti-Vietnam War movement in East Germany. Was this actually anti-war sentiment, or just support for Vietnamese socialism? How much of a role did the government/party play in that movement?
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Let's say I have a newly-minted 1oz gold coin. Is it probable that any significant amount of that gold would have been mined in antiquity?
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Does human activity have some infinitesimally small impact on the rate at which the heat death of the universe approaches, or are we mathematically irrelevant in that regard?
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