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How did Julius Caesar manage to track down and capture his pirate kidnappers? Was he able to capture every one of them or did some evade his capture?

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If an African individual was enslaved and brought to the US, could some other individual from Africa intervene through courts to have them released? Or would they have been enslaved themselves if they set foot in the US?

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Why was HP Lovecraft so poor despite creating large amounts of literary and scientific works and having a wealthy family? How good was he as a scientist?

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Did Zamindars in Bengal really throw people in wells as punishment or is it just a myth?

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Did Alexander the Great simply march in and conquer lands? Or did he make up a casus belli for each invasion?

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How did Erasmus make so many powerful acquaintances through the use of only letters? How did he make the initial contact in the first place?

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Why was Ignaz Semmelweis so hated during his life and afterwards? Was it because of his mental illness, his risque lifestyle or his steadfastness in claiming that handwashing prevented the spread of diseases?

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With stocks and insurance not being invented yet, how did people in the Ancient Greco-Roman world ensure income security in the event of death, disability and retirement?

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How many hours were the workers working when they participated in the Haymarket incident? For how long were they working such long hours?

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Was the English monarch, except for recent times, always the richest person in her nation throughout the history of the monarchy?

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How did Julius Caesar manage to track down and capture his pirate kidnappers? Was he able to capture every one of them or did some evade his capture?	1009
If an African individual was enslaved and brought to the US, could some other individual from Africa intervene through courts to have them released? Or would they have been enslaved themselves if they set foot in the US?	123
Why was HP Lovecraft so poor despite creating large amounts of literary and scientific works and having a wealthy family? How good was he as a scientist?	123
Did Zamindars in Bengal really throw people in wells as punishment or is it just a myth?	38
Did Alexander the Great simply march in and conquer lands? Or did he make up a casus belli for each invasion?	34
How did Erasmus make so many powerful acquaintances through the use of only letters? How did he make the initial contact in the first place?	32
Why was Ignaz Semmelweis so hated during his life and afterwards? Was it because of his mental illness, his risque lifestyle or his steadfastness in claiming that handwashing prevented the spread of diseases?	23
With stocks and insurance not being invented yet, how did people in the Ancient Greco-Roman world ensure income security in the event of death, disability and retirement?	19
How many hours were the workers working when they participated in the Haymarket incident? For how long were they working such long hours?	13
Was the English monarch, except for recent times, always the richest person in her nation throughout the history of the monarchy?	12