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Conspiracy theories aside, why did the USSR let Oswald leave Russia? (They famously made that hard for people? And why did the US let him back in?

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What are junk bonds and why would anyone want them? BIGGER QUESTION: how exactly are they used in leveraged buyouts?

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There seems to be a lot of controversy around St Patrick’s Day. With people saying the common belief that he converted the pagans is a misnomer similar to calling Xmas a pagan holiday. So what’s the truth?

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Why did the British create the Durand line separating Afghanistan and Pakistan? Seeing as they controlled both and it wasn’t popular, why bother?

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Can anyone speak to the validity of this twitter thread suggesting the Boston tea party was about England lowering the tea tax (and thus making business harder for American tea smugglers)

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Conspiracy theories aside, why did the USSR let Oswald leave the country (they famously made that hard for many of their citizens) with his family. And why did the US let him back in.

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What was the point of money for citizens in the USSR? Given concepts like blat and how connections mattered more than money/how everyone in USSR had enough of to sustain themselves but not a lot of higher end brands to splurge on

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Why did the British create the Durand line and then try so hard to enforce it?

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This may sound stupid, but how did we figure out boiling a certain kind of worm would give us secretions we could make clothes out of?

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What was the point of money for citizens in the USSR? Given concepts like blat and how connections mattered more than money/how everyone in USSR had enough of to sustain themselves but not a lot of higher end brands to splurge on

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Conspiracy theories aside, why did the USSR let Oswald leave Russia? (They famously made that hard for people? And why did the US let him back in?	2	AskHistorians
What are junk bonds and why would anyone want them? BIGGER QUESTION: how exactly are they used in leveraged buyouts?	2	NoStupidQuestions
There seems to be a lot of controversy around St Patrick’s Day. With people saying the common belief that he converted the pagans is a misnomer similar to calling Xmas a pagan holiday. So what’s the truth?	2	AskHistorians
Why did the British create the Durand line separating Afghanistan and Pakistan? Seeing as they controlled both and it wasn’t popular, why bother?	1	AskHistorians
Can anyone speak to the validity of this twitter thread suggesting the Boston tea party was about England lowering the tea tax (and thus making business harder for American tea smugglers)	1	AskHistorians
Conspiracy theories aside, why did the USSR let Oswald leave the country (they famously made that hard for many of their citizens) with his family. And why did the US let him back in.	1	AskHistorians
What was the point of money for citizens in the USSR? Given concepts like blat and how connections mattered more than money/how everyone in USSR had enough of to sustain themselves but not a lot of higher end brands to splurge on	1	AskHistorians
Why did the British create the Durand line and then try so hard to enforce it?	1	AskHistorians
This may sound stupid, but how did we figure out boiling a certain kind of worm would give us secretions we could make clothes out of?	0	AskHistorians
What was the point of money for citizens in the USSR? Given concepts like blat and how connections mattered more than money/how everyone in USSR had enough of to sustain themselves but not a lot of higher end brands to splurge on	0	AskHistorians