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My father always tells me that Hitler was more restrained in fighting the British because they were cousins to the Germanic people as opposed to, say, the Slavs. Is there any truth in this?

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American congressman were invited to view the bodies and atrocities in German concentration camps. When did the first American politicians visit formerly-occupied Europe? What effect did these visits have back home?

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When did the practice of constantly readjusting gasoline prices become common?

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How was vodka distributed in the USSR?

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Did Ronald Reagan ever attempt or consider a return to acting during or after his political life?

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It's late 1916 and I'm a Mexican emigre sympathetic to Pancho Villa, living in the US. I write him a letter while he is hiding, how does the letter find him?

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To what extent were the political and economic ideas of Marx realized by Lenin and Stalin?

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How did Britain and France respond to Germany and Italy's rising aggressions during the 1930's?

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For decades my conservative father (64) refused to wear Levi's because of political/ideological reasons. What has the company done to polarize it's customers in the past 50 years?

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If the Allies had not have interfered, how much longer would it take to complete the Holocaust?

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My father always tells me that Hitler was more restrained in fighting the British because they were cousins to the Germanic people as opposed to, say, the Slavs. Is there any truth in this?	239
American congressman were invited to view the bodies and atrocities in German concentration camps. When did the first American politicians visit formerly-occupied Europe? What effect did these visits have back home?	15
When did the practice of constantly readjusting gasoline prices become common?	10
How was vodka distributed in the USSR?	8
Did Ronald Reagan ever attempt or consider a return to acting during or after his political life?	6
It's late 1916 and I'm a Mexican emigre sympathetic to Pancho Villa, living in the US. I write him a letter while he is hiding, how does the letter find him?	2
To what extent were the political and economic ideas of Marx realized by Lenin and Stalin?	2
How did Britain and France respond to Germany and Italy's rising aggressions during the 1930's?	1
For decades my conservative father (64) refused to wear Levi's because of political/ideological reasons. What has the company done to polarize it's customers in the past 50 years?	1
If the Allies had not have interfered, how much longer would it take to complete the Holocaust?	0