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What was the rationale for deciding how many lifeboats to put on the Titanic?

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How did smallpox get to the New World if smallpox patients would be too sick or unfit to be on the ships and most people would have had smallpox when they were children?

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How were the Taliban able to centrally rule Afghanistan in 1996?

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Why is Brazil's western border not a vertical line at 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands per the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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Why does Hong Kong have special laws compared to the rest of China when the British lease was going to end in 1997 anyways?

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Sniper Alley in Sarajevo

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Why was Vietnam split into North and South but not Laos and Cambodia?

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Why were amputations performed so frequently for injuries?

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Since early armies were generally small, slow moving, and information was slow to send, how did armies find each other to do battle instead of continuously moving around and missing each other?

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During the Seige of Sarajevo, why did snipers target random civilians instead of just enemy forces?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the rationale for deciding how many lifeboats to put on the Titanic?	5
How did smallpox get to the New World if smallpox patients would be too sick or unfit to be on the ships and most people would have had smallpox when they were children?	5
How were the Taliban able to centrally rule Afghanistan in 1996?	4
Why is Brazil's western border not a vertical line at 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands per the Treaty of Tordesillas?	4
Why does Hong Kong have special laws compared to the rest of China when the British lease was going to end in 1997 anyways?	3
Sniper Alley in Sarajevo	3
Why was Vietnam split into North and South but not Laos and Cambodia?	3
Why were amputations performed so frequently for injuries?	3
Since early armies were generally small, slow moving, and information was slow to send, how did armies find each other to do battle instead of continuously moving around and missing each other?	2
During the Seige of Sarajevo, why did snipers target random civilians instead of just enemy forces?	2