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How did Billy Preston come to be so involved on the Beatles' last albums, and was there any prospect of him being more involved in the band long-term (even becoming a genuine 'Fifth Beatle') were it not for the band's breakup?	2
Why did factions form around the Blue and Green teams at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as opposed to White and Red, given how there were originally only Red and White teams at the Circus Maximus in Rome?	2
Why did some Luftwaffe aircraft have nicknames while others did not?	2
Why have several quack medical treatments, such as reiki, chiropractic or homeopathy, become relatively widespread and popular despite the apparent rise of modern, evidence-based medicine?	1
In 1916, Life Magazine published a map depicting North America if the Central Powers won the Great War, with the US partitioned between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and... Japan. Except Japan was an Allied power. What might have led to the map's creators including it among the victors?	1
What were relations like between immigrant African-Americans in Liberia and indigenous peoples within claimed Liberian territory? And what were Liberian relations like with other African polities in its vicinity?	1
In 1977, Patricia Crone and Michael Cook wrote Hagarism, proposing that Islam began as a branch of messianic Judaism before becoming its own religion. While much has been walked back over the years, how much still holds true? And what value does Hagarism still hold for historians of religion today?	1
In 1503, the town council of Nuremberg, Germany, limited the playing of marble games to a meadow outside the town. Or so says Wikipedia. But is there any evidence for this claim? And if so, what might have occasioned this decision?	1
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 218 - Public History in the 21st Century with Claire Aubin	1
What sort of military honours were issued both to units and individual soldiers in Mughal/pre-colonial India, and did these influence the issuing of battle honours and campaign medals by the British after the 1790s?	1

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