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Why did Qumul's name change to Hāmì (哈密)?

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Were the Britons actually using Gauls as an anti-Roman proxy force?

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Why does the janbiya (a type of Arabian knife) have its unique shape?

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Why was one nuked city not enough to make Japan surrender, but two achieved this?

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How come the Chinese ended up eating their oysters cooked whereas Westerners eat them raw?

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Have Fritz Darges' memoirs been published? If so, did they contain any significant, novel information? If they haven't been published, why not?

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Was 龐蔥's name meant to be understood as "enormous scallion", "Pang Scallion", or something else?

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Was the USSR's name chosen in part to resemble "USA" and "UK"?

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Have Chinese (or other) people historically mocked the imperial Japanese seal because its Japanese name reads like "anus mark"(菊花紋) in Mandarin, due to the "Chrysanthemum Flower" part of "Chrysanthemum Flower Seal" being slang for "anus" in Mandarin? What about the Japanese flag's red sun? NSFW

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Was the Russian revolution, and elements within it that opposed pogroms in the Pale of Settlement, given support by people who wanted the United States to enter World War 1, in order to quell this objection to joining the war (and therefore siding with the existing Russian state) by Americans?

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Why did Qumul's name change to Hāmì (哈密)?	1
Were the Britons actually using Gauls as an anti-Roman proxy force?	1
Why does the janbiya (a type of Arabian knife) have its unique shape?	1
Why was one nuked city not enough to make Japan surrender, but two achieved this?	1
How come the Chinese ended up eating their oysters cooked whereas Westerners eat them raw?	1
Have Fritz Darges' memoirs been published? If so, did they contain any significant, novel information? If they haven't been published, why not?	1
Was 龐蔥's name meant to be understood as "enormous scallion", "Pang Scallion", or something else?	1
Was the USSR's name chosen in part to resemble "USA" and "UK"?	1
Have Chinese (or other) people historically mocked the imperial Japanese seal because its Japanese name reads like "anus mark"(菊花紋) in Mandarin, due to the "Chrysanthemum Flower" part of "Chrysanthemum Flower Seal" being slang for "anus" in Mandarin? What about the Japanese flag's red sun? NSFW	1
Was the Russian revolution, and elements within it that opposed pogroms in the Pale of Settlement, given support by people who wanted the United States to enter World War 1, in order to quell this objection to joining the war (and therefore siding with the existing Russian state) by Americans?	1