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Japan had strong designs on China, as was evident in the Twenty-One Demands in WWI. How long had Imperial Japan considered ruling China? Had they designs to do it since the 1st Sino-Japanese War? Was this a shared political goal amongst the military and political elites, or just a faction?	23
Mozart was famously buried in a common grave as was customary at the time apparently in Vienna - when did this practice die out, and why? (or, is it still around?)	23
So Guatemala claims half of Belize to be their's because the British failed to build a road for them to the sea. This century+ dispute is going to the ICJ, and Guatemalans will support the verdict...what exactly is the history of this territorial claim?	23
With wolves taking up residence in the Netherlands after being wiped out 140 years ago there, I wonder what were campaigns to eliminate wolves like in the 19th century? Were there campaigns to stop it? Were other animals slated for elimination?	22
What practical changes occurred when Simeon I of Bulgaria was recognized as an emperor by the Byzantines for the rest of his reign?	22
In the lead-up to the German invasion of Poland, was there a lot of skepticism and doubt whether Hitler would actually invade Poland given the guarantees of France and Britain to intervene on Poland's behalf? Was there hope for a diplomatic solution or did people no longer trust Hitler after Munich?	22
Suetonius wrote that the Bellum Batonianum was the most difficult conflict Rome faced since the Punic Wars. Compared to other Roman conflicts in that time frame, from external wars from Gaul to Parthia, civil wars, Spartacus, how big of a conflict was this revolt in Illyria? Why would he write that?	21
What did the North Vietnamese government think of the protestors against the war in the United States? Were they seen as ideological allies in their war against the US, or cynically as "useful fools / innocents"?	21
Christopher Columbus had to convince the Spanish monarchs to finance his first expedition. Were there others who wanted to sail west at the time, unaware of Columbus and his wrong calculations of the Earth's size?	21
In "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a few slave-owners are of different types - sympathetic yet corrupted Arthur Shelby, aloof and cynical St. Clare, and a cruel tormentor in Simon Legree. Is this how abolitionists viewed slave owners as having these viewpoints where some may realize the evils of slavery?	20

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