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Is it true that thatcher intended to decommission Liverpool and Glasgow via a managed decline and cutting off any funding to the cities?

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How did the Mexican cartels get to their current state of power and brutality/cruelty?

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A podcast mentioned that the german government often made losses in tax revenue on colonies and the profit really was made by private investors. Does this apply to other nations too?

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How is it that so many troops in the British army in the 1800s were Irish?

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How similar in taste is a beer or cider from the 1800s and 1900s to each other and the modern day stuff?

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With the plantation system in Ireland,what was the final intended end result by the varying governments and parties involved in settling and ruling Ireland?

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Antisemitism was rampant throughout Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries,so how did Europe and the rest of the world react to the British Balfour declaration?

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Gangsters of capitalism claims in the 1990s the world Bank, IMF (at American designs) and then NAFTA were able to restructure the Mexican economy. What exactly happened in this restructuring?

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Did the UK government have any similar projects similar to what American agencies had,such as MKULTRA,COINTELPRO, or other general projects in the same vein?

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I heard jesters would perform stereotypes in the middle ages to entertain. What stereotypes were these ,how did they begin and how come jesters ended up performing them?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it true that thatcher intended to decommission Liverpool and Glasgow via a managed decline and cutting off any funding to the cities?	257
How did the Mexican cartels get to their current state of power and brutality/cruelty?	41
A podcast mentioned that the german government often made losses in tax revenue on colonies and the profit really was made by private investors. Does this apply to other nations too?	24
How is it that so many troops in the British army in the 1800s were Irish?	19
How similar in taste is a beer or cider from the 1800s and 1900s to each other and the modern day stuff?	14
With the plantation system in Ireland,what was the final intended end result by the varying governments and parties involved in settling and ruling Ireland?	13
Antisemitism was rampant throughout Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries,so how did Europe and the rest of the world react to the British Balfour declaration?	12
Gangsters of capitalism claims in the 1990s the world Bank, IMF (at American designs) and then NAFTA were able to restructure the Mexican economy. What exactly happened in this restructuring?	11
Did the UK government have any similar projects similar to what American agencies had,such as MKULTRA,COINTELPRO, or other general projects in the same vein?	10
I heard jesters would perform stereotypes in the middle ages to entertain. What stereotypes were these ,how did they begin and how come jesters ended up performing them?	9