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When Edward 'Longshanks' became king of England in 1272, why did he take the throne as Edward I instead of Edward II, given that England had at one point been ruled by Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)? Was the Norman conquest considered to have marked a decisive break in state continuity?

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What is up with this letter Elvis Presley wrote to Richard Nixon about wanting to become a federal agent? Why did he write it? Was he serious? Did anyone try to stop him? How did Nixon or his staff respond, if at all?

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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?

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Why did concept albums take off, and what happened to them?

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What prompted the Puritans to give their children such ridiculous names as If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned?

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Why are there so many Greeks in Australia?

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The Inca Empire referred to itself as the 'Four Parts Together', but what were the four parts, and what distinguished them? Was it just an arbitrary administrative separation, or did they represent distinct cultural groups within the empire?

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How did Warhammer come to be the most visible IP in tabletop wargaming? Was it so in 1999?

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A commonly-held view of leftist political organisations is that they tend to fracture easily over minor differences. Historically, have far-right political groups been any less prone to splintering? How unified was, say, interwar fascism?

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 212: Public Transport in North America with Jake Berman

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When Edward 'Longshanks' became king of England in 1272, why did he take the throne as Edward I instead of Edward II, given that England had at one point been ruled by Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)? Was the Norman conquest considered to have marked a decisive break in state continuity?	165
What is up with this letter Elvis Presley wrote to Richard Nixon about wanting to become a federal agent? Why did he write it? Was he serious? Did anyone try to stop him? How did Nixon or his staff respond, if at all?	157
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?	154
Why did concept albums take off, and what happened to them?	143
What prompted the Puritans to give their children such ridiculous names as If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned?	138
Why are there so many Greeks in Australia?	137
The Inca Empire referred to itself as the 'Four Parts Together', but what were the four parts, and what distinguished them? Was it just an arbitrary administrative separation, or did they represent distinct cultural groups within the empire?	135
How did Warhammer come to be the most visible IP in tabletop wargaming? Was it so in 1999?	132
A commonly-held view of leftist political organisations is that they tend to fracture easily over minor differences. Historically, have far-right political groups been any less prone to splintering? How unified was, say, interwar fascism?	132
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 212: Public Transport in North America with Jake Berman	115