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Are there Native American oral traditions that mention Vikings, or are Norse texts all we have to go by?

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How was Ireland able to maintain neutrality during WWII, while other British dominions (like Canada) were immediately brought into the war effort?

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Why did the Soviets set up communist puppet states, as opposed to annexing the nations as a part of their own Union or socialist republics?

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Considering most acts of rebellion were in the north, and that the south was supposedly more Loyalist, what convinced the South to join with the North in the American Revolution?

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How was the Great Depression viewed in the USSR? Was it used as an example of capitalist failure?

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Was Eleanor Roosevelt not straight?

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Why did Prussia lose their territorial gains from the Partitions of Poland?

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How much do wealthy countries of today owe to wealth gained from colonialism?

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Was Churchill remarkably more racist than other British of the time?

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How was the Holy Roman Empire able to claim to be the successor to the Roman Empire while the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) still existed?

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Are there Native American oral traditions that mention Vikings, or are Norse texts all we have to go by?	141
How was Ireland able to maintain neutrality during WWII, while other British dominions (like Canada) were immediately brought into the war effort?	29
Why did the Soviets set up communist puppet states, as opposed to annexing the nations as a part of their own Union or socialist republics?	20
Considering most acts of rebellion were in the north, and that the south was supposedly more Loyalist, what convinced the South to join with the North in the American Revolution?	9
How was the Great Depression viewed in the USSR? Was it used as an example of capitalist failure?	6
Was Eleanor Roosevelt not straight?	6
Why did Prussia lose their territorial gains from the Partitions of Poland?	4
How much do wealthy countries of today owe to wealth gained from colonialism?	3
Was Churchill remarkably more racist than other British of the time?	3
How was the Holy Roman Empire able to claim to be the successor to the Roman Empire while the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) still existed?	2