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Did "kapos," Nazi concentration camp inmates tasked with meting out often-brutal punishments to their fellow captives, punished after the Second World War?

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How did "hard currency" stores in the USSR and other communist countries work?

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Car companies usually build their own engines, but aircraft manufacturers don’t. Why did the aviation industry develop that way?

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In the British colonies which made up what is now Canada, were there any prominent advocates for joining the American Revolution?

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Why did Nashville, instead of some other southern (or southwestern) city, become the "capital" of country music?

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Did the Soviet/Eastern Bloc media ever break any legitimate stories?

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Was the quality of players in the Canadian Football League ever on par with that of the NFL?

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During the Cold War, which Canadian cities were targeted for nuclear strikes by the USSR?

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Did anyone escape from Communist Albania to Greece via water?

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After Germany surrendered in 1945, did any German POWs held in Canada or the United States decide to stay?

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Did "kapos," Nazi concentration camp inmates tasked with meting out often-brutal punishments to their fellow captives, punished after the Second World War?	23
How did "hard currency" stores in the USSR and other communist countries work?	22
Car companies usually build their own engines, but aircraft manufacturers don’t. Why did the aviation industry develop that way?	22
In the British colonies which made up what is now Canada, were there any prominent advocates for joining the American Revolution?	19
Why did Nashville, instead of some other southern (or southwestern) city, become the "capital" of country music?	16
Did the Soviet/Eastern Bloc media ever break any legitimate stories?	15
Was the quality of players in the Canadian Football League ever on par with that of the NFL?	15
During the Cold War, which Canadian cities were targeted for nuclear strikes by the USSR?	15
Did anyone escape from Communist Albania to Greece via water?	15
After Germany surrendered in 1945, did any German POWs held in Canada or the United States decide to stay?	15