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A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin Claims That There Was an Intense Hatred for the French in 1915 Syria. Is This Correct, and if so Why Did They Hate the French?	5
The Antebellum US Supreme Court Was Fairly Pro-Slavery and Pro-South. What Happened to the Pro-Southern Supreme Court During the US Civil War?	4
I Was Reading Through the Service Record of the USS Ranger(CV-61), and I Noticed That it is in a Lot of Films. Why Was the Ranger in So Many Films?	3
Why did the French Republic change the Tricolor from Red-White-Blue to Blue-White-Red in 1794?	3
During the early Cold War, nuclear weapons were being developed by multiple services to destroy enemy nuclear delivery platforms. Was there ever any serious opposition against these projects due to fears of causing a chain reaction with the nuclear weapons being targeted?	3
When the United States announced that they were sending the USS Nautilus to the North Pole (and by extension Danish owned Greenland) what was the popular reaction in Denmark?	3
At the End of The Battle of Madagascar During World War II What Happened to the Vichy Troops That Were Not Killed or Captured?	2
Was smoking allowed in World War 2 bombers? If not, how was such a ban enforced, and how stringently?	2
The Fiction Author Karen Traviss Made Claims About the Celts Being an Advanced Civilization During Roman Republic Times. Could Someone With Knowledge of Actual Ancient Celtic Civilization Please Fact Check These Claims?	2
In the Video Game Series, Metal Gear Solid One of the Protagonists Was a Child Soldier in Liberia, Where He Was Forced to Take Addictive Drugs to Help Condition Him into a Killer. Is This an Accurate Depiction of the Tactics of the Liberian Civil War?	1

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