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If asked "When did World War 2 begin", is the correct response to say "for whom?"

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In every mafia movie I have seen, Black criminal organizations were always subservient to their White counterparts. Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas are portrayed to work UNDER the mob not WITH the mob. How true is this and were race-relations ever a factor within the criminal underworld?

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Did the Soviet Union ever hire private military contractors?

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During the Cold War, was there any Soviet or Chinese military or commercial technology that America directly copied?

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Would it be accurate to say that the Soviet Union had a state capitalist economy?

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By the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan became somewhat of a social club and Ponzi scheme in the North. Were Northern Klan members aware of the violence and murder happening within the South by the Klan?

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How was line formation effective? How could soldiers stand calmly knowing they had a high chance of getting shot?

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In Spike Lee’s Miracle At St Anna, the Germans tried to exploit the racial tension between Black and White American soldiers. Did this ever happen in WW2, Korean War or Vietnam?

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The Americans had the atomic bomb, the Germans had the V2 rocket, the British had radar. What "Wunderwaffe" did the Japanese have?

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How credible are bookstore type authors?

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If asked "When did World War 2 begin", is the correct response to say "for whom?"	1
In every mafia movie I have seen, Black criminal organizations were always subservient to their White counterparts. Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas are portrayed to work UNDER the mob not WITH the mob. How true is this and were race-relations ever a factor within the criminal underworld?	1
Did the Soviet Union ever hire private military contractors?	1
During the Cold War, was there any Soviet or Chinese military or commercial technology that America directly copied?	1
Would it be accurate to say that the Soviet Union had a state capitalist economy?	0
By the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan became somewhat of a social club and Ponzi scheme in the North. Were Northern Klan members aware of the violence and murder happening within the South by the Klan?	0
How was line formation effective? How could soldiers stand calmly knowing they had a high chance of getting shot?	0
In Spike Lee’s Miracle At St Anna, the Germans tried to exploit the racial tension between Black and White American soldiers. Did this ever happen in WW2, Korean War or Vietnam?	0
The Americans had the atomic bomb, the Germans had the V2 rocket, the British had radar. What "Wunderwaffe" did the Japanese have?	0
How credible are bookstore type authors?	0