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My grandfather is a Vietnam veteran and is convinced the US knowingly left hundred of POWS behind when we pulled out and lied about their continued survival for years afterwards. Is there any truth to this?

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Was Hannibal's War Elephant, Surus, actually one of the last Syrian Elephants?

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When people discuss the Holocaust and bring up the ‘6 million dead’, does that include non-Jews targeted by the Nazis, or is that just the Jews, and the total bodycount is a lot higher?

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My grandfather is a Vietnam veteran and is convinced the US knowingly left hundred of POWS behind when we pulled out and lied about their continued survival for years afterwards. Is there any truth to this?	2812
Was Hannibal's War Elephant, Surus, actually one of the last Syrian Elephants?	54
When people discuss the Holocaust and bring up the ‘6 million dead’, does that include non-Jews targeted by the Nazis, or is that just the Jews, and the total bodycount is a lot higher?	8