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What kind of post-Monarchy Government was the average French citizen expecting the French Revolution to lead too? What was the public's response to Napoleon declaring himself life long Emperor?
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James Buchanan is considered to be the worst US President due to his handling of the civil unrest leading to the Civil War. What were the key choices he made that could have been done differently? Is his reputation a fair one?
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"The average workweek for a manufacturing employee in the 1890s America was 100 hours." Is this statement true? How much downtime was in these jobs? What would a typical work day and week look like?
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Was the 1972 World Chess Championship really as big of a deal as "Bobby Fischer Against the World" portrayed it?
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I've heard Holocaust deniers making claims that the reported death rates of the Jewish population was exaggerated, including the rate of incinerating bodies not being possible. What's the actual data surrounding how Jewish people were executed and how their bodies were processed?
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