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Why was Napoleon exiled instead of imprisoned or killed, if he was so dangerous that most of Europe had to unite against him?

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At what point in history did we go from more brutal methods of punishment for criminals to traditional prisons?

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What is the first use of mechanical threads (screws, pipe thread, etc.) in history?

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What would have happened if Hitler was captured alive? And by whom?

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Is there anyway that the massive colonial powers of Europe could have kept their empires? What would it have took?

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Why was Napoleon exiled instead of imprisoned or killed, if he was so dangerous that most of Europe had to unite against him?	750
At what point in history did we go from more brutal methods of punishment for criminals to traditional prisons?	3
What is the first use of mechanical threads (screws, pipe thread, etc.) in history?	2
What would have happened if Hitler was captured alive? And by whom?	2
Is there anyway that the massive colonial powers of Europe could have kept their empires? What would it have took?	1