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What are North Koreans taught about the early history of their country, how historically accurate is it?	35
I'm a poor English farmer who's just heard about a newly discovered land far to the west of British Isles and I'd like to take my family and settle there. How do I go about doing this?	34
In WW1 photos I often see a bunch of men all standing in a trench looking relatively okay with everything, given the circumstances. Was this a deliberate attempt to conceal the reality of shell-shock as to not demoralise people back home?	34
In popular culture we always see the Soviets as being hardy and unaffected by things. What was life like for Soviets who returned home with PTSD/traumatised by WW2?	33
We've all heard about the assassination attempts on Hitler's life, but were there any plans to assassinate or bomb the Emperor of Japan?	29
We often hear about "good guy Nazis", those who weren't necessarily in favour of the Holocaust; but what about the Confederacy? Where there any high profile Confederate political or military figures who had objections to slavery?	27
The Chinese have historically always controlled large areas of land. The Korean peninsula is comparatively very small. Why have the Chinese never occupied the Korean Peninsula?	26
I get the impression there is still religious/linguistic debate regarding different translations of "death" and "hell" in the Bible, and what they entail. But when did European Christendom settle on the idea of a physical Hell, reserved for burning sinners upon death or the End of Days?	26
What did the (then) members of the Japanese Imperial Family think about the atrocities being committed by the Japanese army during World War 2?	22
Why do all national flags, bar two, have either red, white, or blue? And many flags having all three? Why are these three colours so incredibly popular?	21

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