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News outlets are reporting that Russia may soon default on its national debt. Historically, what has happened in countries that defaulted on their debt?

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Did Julius Caesar really win against Pompey due to his superior knowledge of the Roman calendar?

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In the 1920s, the Soviet Union briefly adopted "state capitalism" to foster economic growth. How would this compare to the "state capitalism" practiced in modern-day China?

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Josef Stalin was an ethnic Georgian during a period when Georgia sought (and briefly achieved) independence from Russia. Was his ethnicity ever a factor in how he was perceived in Moscow? More broadly, did Georgians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, etc., face discrimination within the Soviet Union?

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News outlets are reporting that Russia may soon default on its national debt. Historically, what has happened in countries that defaulted on their debt?	2438
Did Julius Caesar really win against Pompey due to his superior knowledge of the Roman calendar?	137
In the 1920s, the Soviet Union briefly adopted "state capitalism" to foster economic growth. How would this compare to the "state capitalism" practiced in modern-day China?	35
Josef Stalin was an ethnic Georgian during a period when Georgia sought (and briefly achieved) independence from Russia. Was his ethnicity ever a factor in how he was perceived in Moscow? More broadly, did Georgians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, etc., face discrimination within the Soviet Union?	12