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Did the Confederacy ever try to get help from Mexico promising to return land if the Union was defeated?

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What came first, the TV or the TV channel?

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What's stopping the bacteria that breaks down dead bodies to break down bodies of someone that is alive?

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During wartime, has any submarine radar ever mistaken large creatures such as whales as enemy subs, and did they take any actions?

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What's the origin of prisons being generous when it comes to a death row inmates "last meal"?

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I recently learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century, police officers gave people in horse carriages speeding tickets. How did the police officers determine that they were speeding?

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The Ku Klux Klan dwindled in membership and power leading up to World War II, but were still active. What was their official, public policy regarding the war? Internally they likely supported the Nazi policies, but publicly they must have been anti-Nazi or at the very least, isolationist?

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When we drink tap water that has chlorine in it, does it kill any beneficial bacteria inside our bodies?

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Were Roman soldiers who lost limbs in battle considered heroes or outcasts in Roman society?

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How come Syria and Jordan were so easily fooled by Egypt into thinking that they were defeating Israel early on in the Six Day War? Did Syria and Jordan not have their own intelligence or way to find out what was really happening?

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Did the Confederacy ever try to get help from Mexico promising to return land if the Union was defeated?	23	AskHistorians
What came first, the TV or the TV channel?	21	AskHistorians
What's stopping the bacteria that breaks down dead bodies to break down bodies of someone that is alive?	21	askscience
During wartime, has any submarine radar ever mistaken large creatures such as whales as enemy subs, and did they take any actions?	18	AskHistorians
What's the origin of prisons being generous when it comes to a death row inmates "last meal"?	18	AskHistorians
I recently learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century, police officers gave people in horse carriages speeding tickets. How did the police officers determine that they were speeding?	18	AskHistorians
The Ku Klux Klan dwindled in membership and power leading up to World War II, but were still active. What was their official, public policy regarding the war? Internally they likely supported the Nazi policies, but publicly they must have been anti-Nazi or at the very least, isolationist?	16	AskHistorians
When we drink tap water that has chlorine in it, does it kill any beneficial bacteria inside our bodies?	16	askscience
Were Roman soldiers who lost limbs in battle considered heroes or outcasts in Roman society?	16	AskHistorians
How come Syria and Jordan were so easily fooled by Egypt into thinking that they were defeating Israel early on in the Six Day War? Did Syria and Jordan not have their own intelligence or way to find out what was really happening?	16	AskHistorians