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In 'Pirates of Carribbean' Jack Sparrow says: 'You've clearly never been to Singapore.', implying that he has. How likely is it that a Carribbean career pirate from the golden age of piracy would travel to South East Asia?

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In 'Sapiens' Yuval Noah Harrari claims that Romans did not really mind early Christians until Christians refused to acknowledge Roman gods which was meant to be more of a political 'pledge of allegiance' rather than a serious point of theological difference. How well supported is this claim?

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Why did Mao fail to introduce an alphabet-based writing system despite saying that he wanted to do so?

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Why and how did 'world's fair'-type of events decline in popular consciousness?

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What did Wehrmacht Army Group South do between December 1941 and May 1942?

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In 1995 Srebrenica massacre happened after Dutch UNPROFOR battalion failed to intervene. 2 years earlier, Canadian UNPROFOR halted Croatian advance during Operation Medak Pocket, resulting in 27 KIA on Croat side. What caused such a huge difference in combat performance between the two incidents?

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I'm about to speak a survivor of Warsaw Uprising. He has agreed to let me record it. How should I go about this?

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Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?

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Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?

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Did ancient civilisations, nation-states and empires have a clear distinction between police and military and when and where did this distinction first occur?

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In 'Pirates of Carribbean' Jack Sparrow says: 'You've clearly never been to Singapore.', implying that he has. How likely is it that a Carribbean career pirate from the golden age of piracy would travel to South East Asia?	9662
In 'Sapiens' Yuval Noah Harrari claims that Romans did not really mind early Christians until Christians refused to acknowledge Roman gods which was meant to be more of a political 'pledge of allegiance' rather than a serious point of theological difference. How well supported is this claim?	1504
Why did Mao fail to introduce an alphabet-based writing system despite saying that he wanted to do so?	508
Why and how did 'world's fair'-type of events decline in popular consciousness?	99
What did Wehrmacht Army Group South do between December 1941 and May 1942?	87
In 1995 Srebrenica massacre happened after Dutch UNPROFOR battalion failed to intervene. 2 years earlier, Canadian UNPROFOR halted Croatian advance during Operation Medak Pocket, resulting in 27 KIA on Croat side. What caused such a huge difference in combat performance between the two incidents?	67
I'm about to speak a survivor of Warsaw Uprising. He has agreed to let me record it. How should I go about this?	26
Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?	21
Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?	10
Did ancient civilisations, nation-states and empires have a clear distinction between police and military and when and where did this distinction first occur?	9