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Why is Dante always wearing those leaves around his head in artistic depictions and portraits of him?

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Did people with eyeglasses in the 17th and 18th centuries get prescriptions for them?

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What was Eli Whitney's position on slavery? Was it his intention for his invention of the Cotton Gin to strengthen the economic foundations of Southern plantations?

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Why do Great Men do all the important stuff in history?

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Is there any evidence of people using armor in the American continents before the arrival of Europeans?

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What exactly were the Spanish monarch and royal family doing during the Francoist period?

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How did the world react to the formation of the Bundeswehr, particularly the Soviet Union?

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Why was Adolf Eichmann tried in Israel instead of by an international committee like Nuremberg?

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How did Taiwan handle the massive influx of Chinese refugees following the Chinese Civil War? How did the Kuomintang "set up shop", so to speak?

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How and when did antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere transition from being religious in nature to being 'racial'?

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Why is Dante always wearing those leaves around his head in artistic depictions and portraits of him?	4
Did people with eyeglasses in the 17th and 18th centuries get prescriptions for them?	4
What was Eli Whitney's position on slavery? Was it his intention for his invention of the Cotton Gin to strengthen the economic foundations of Southern plantations?	3
Why do Great Men do all the important stuff in history?	3
Is there any evidence of people using armor in the American continents before the arrival of Europeans?	3
What exactly were the Spanish monarch and royal family doing during the Francoist period?	2
How did the world react to the formation of the Bundeswehr, particularly the Soviet Union?	2
Why was Adolf Eichmann tried in Israel instead of by an international committee like Nuremberg?	2
How did Taiwan handle the massive influx of Chinese refugees following the Chinese Civil War? How did the Kuomintang "set up shop", so to speak?	2
How and when did antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere transition from being religious in nature to being 'racial'?	2