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Has there ever been a symbol in history viewed the way modern Western Europe/America views the Swastika?	1901
In the song Viva la Vita the Singer Mentions 'Roman Calvary Choirs.' Was There Such a Thing in Ancient Rome?	68
In Aladdin (1992) Aladdin in His Guise of Prince Ali He Brings a Massive Entourage With Him To Agraba. In Late Medieval Arabia If a Potential Suitor Brought Such a Large Group With Him, What Would The Reaction of a Sultan's Court Be?	26
During World War 2 and the 1950s the United States Went Through Dozens of Tank and Military Aircraft Designs, but Starting in the 1970s the Number of New Designs Plummeted. Why is That?	17
In A Post On r/Funny About Arabic Numerals A Commenter Asserted That Arabic Numerals and All Mathematical Innovations Ascribed to Medieval Arab Mathematicians Are Are Actually Ancient Indian Inventions. Is This Correct?	9
My Grandma is Watching a World War II Movie About a B-17 Escaping From the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines at the Beginning of the War. Were There Any B-17s posted in the Philippines in 1941?	7
Historians sometimes talk about World War II as a continuation of World War I. How similarly was the infantry equipped between the two wars?	7
Besides Adding More Hulls to the Navy, What Was the Doctrinal Justification For Re-commissioning the Iowa Class Battleship in the 1980s?	6
In Documentaries and Popular Media About the Wars in Korea and Vietnam the Airforces of Those Two Countries Are Depicted as Almost Exclusively Migs. Is This Accurate to Their Makeup During Those Wars, and if so Why?	6
I Read That the Late 15th Century Treaties Between Spain and Portugal Were Ratified by the Pope. Why Would the Pope be Ratifying Treaties Between Two Countries He Didn't Live In?	5

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