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Why did British Foreign Secretary Balfour promise to "establish a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine? What was in it for the British?

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Churchchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots "never in the field of human conflicts was so much owed by so many to so few". was he right?

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Did King Richard III murder the princes in the Tower of London?

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Which countries were G Washington talking about when he made this speech? Why was he concerned enough to put this passage into his farewell address ( link to passage in thread )

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One of the reasons for the very high mortality rates in early sections was that the wound in the uterus was not stitched, and consequently the women simply bled to death. There must have been a certain idea/rationale concerning the non-stitching of the uterus, but what was it?

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If the Western Powers, Britain and France, had come in on the side of the Republicans in the Spanish civil war 1936-39 would there have been a Second world war?

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Was the British Empire a force for good in the world or evil?

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When and why did men in Europe begin shaving?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did British Foreign Secretary Balfour promise to "establish a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine? What was in it for the British?	10
Churchchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots "never in the field of human conflicts was so much owed by so many to so few". was he right?	6
Did King Richard III murder the princes in the Tower of London?	5
Which countries were G Washington talking about when he made this speech? Why was he concerned enough to put this passage into his farewell address ( link to passage in thread )	3
One of the reasons for the very high mortality rates in early sections was that the wound in the uterus was not stitched, and consequently the women simply bled to death. There must have been a certain idea/rationale concerning the non-stitching of the uterus, but what was it?	3
If the Western Powers, Britain and France, had come in on the side of the Republicans in the Spanish civil war 1936-39 would there have been a Second world war?	1
Was the British Empire a force for good in the world or evil?	0
When and why did men in Europe begin shaving?	0