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Benjamin Disraeli persuaded Queen Victoria to not use the title "Empress of Great Britain, Ireland and India" and use the title "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India" to avoid controversy. What controversy it would have caused? Was it avoided?

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Was there ever a time in the U.S. when an escaped slave could have taken refuge with a Native American tribe ?

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After the Great Depression, was there a general hatred or disdain for the generation which 'caused' the crash, similar to current Millennial views of the Boomer Generation?

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Is Thomas Edison actually as evil as he is portrayed in popular culture?

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When Gandalf shows up at the end of the Two Towers, he leads the Riders of Rohan down a hill just as the sun comes over the horizon, blinding the orcs. Was such a tactic ever attempted at any point in history?

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What is the story behind the Congolese man crying over the dismembered limbs of child? Why was he punished for not reaching "rubber quota"? Who did it and was it really common to do that as a punishment?

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Since it seems like ear infections are really common, but easily treatable with antibiotics, is it safe to assume that in, say, the middle ages childhood deafness was very common?

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Why is Pyrrhus of Epirus considered a great general, when he essentially lost every foreign war he started?

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Why was Ted Bundy allowed to represent himself without restraints?

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Why was Ted Bundy allowed to represent himself without restraints?

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Benjamin Disraeli persuaded Queen Victoria to not use the title "Empress of Great Britain, Ireland and India" and use the title "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India" to avoid controversy. What controversy it would have caused? Was it avoided?	2075
Was there ever a time in the U.S. when an escaped slave could have taken refuge with a Native American tribe ?	528
After the Great Depression, was there a general hatred or disdain for the generation which 'caused' the crash, similar to current Millennial views of the Boomer Generation?	394
Is Thomas Edison actually as evil as he is portrayed in popular culture?	196
When Gandalf shows up at the end of the Two Towers, he leads the Riders of Rohan down a hill just as the sun comes over the horizon, blinding the orcs. Was such a tactic ever attempted at any point in history?	36
What is the story behind the Congolese man crying over the dismembered limbs of child? Why was he punished for not reaching "rubber quota"? Who did it and was it really common to do that as a punishment?	28
Since it seems like ear infections are really common, but easily treatable with antibiotics, is it safe to assume that in, say, the middle ages childhood deafness was very common?	18
Why is Pyrrhus of Epirus considered a great general, when he essentially lost every foreign war he started?	14
Why was Ted Bundy allowed to represent himself without restraints?	12
Why was Ted Bundy allowed to represent himself without restraints?	7