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The Project for the New American Century, founded in 1997, included Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and others who would become high-ranking officials in the Bush Administration. Why did this think tank advocate the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 1998?

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Have we always played "peek a boo" with babies? Do we have any records, from anywhere describing this?

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What did Marx think of the American War of Independence?

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I've heard that there was a Roman Emperor who was transgender. Is this true?

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Did the Gauls of Caesar's day have city-states?

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Why did the British Government have a policy of not deploying Gurkhas to Northern Ireland during the Troubles?

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What would the inauguration/coronation/enthronement of a Caliph look like through the ages?

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Did pre-Islamic Arabs know of the existence of the Bactrian (two humped) camel? If they didn't, what was the reaction of the first Arabs to see them?

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Many Classical civilisations developed around the Mediterranean Sea. Countless merchants used it for trade and countless armies traversed it. Did the Arab conquests of the Levant and North Africa turn the Mediterranean Sea into a barrier, instead of a bridge?

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What did a "successful" Banzai charge look like? Are there many examples from the Sino-Japanese War?

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The Project for the New American Century, founded in 1997, included Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and others who would become high-ranking officials in the Bush Administration. Why did this think tank advocate the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 1998?	40
Have we always played "peek a boo" with babies? Do we have any records, from anywhere describing this?	35
What did Marx think of the American War of Independence?	30
I've heard that there was a Roman Emperor who was transgender. Is this true?	28
Did the Gauls of Caesar's day have city-states?	28
Why did the British Government have a policy of not deploying Gurkhas to Northern Ireland during the Troubles?	28
What would the inauguration/coronation/enthronement of a Caliph look like through the ages?	27
Did pre-Islamic Arabs know of the existence of the Bactrian (two humped) camel? If they didn't, what was the reaction of the first Arabs to see them?	23
Many Classical civilisations developed around the Mediterranean Sea. Countless merchants used it for trade and countless armies traversed it. Did the Arab conquests of the Levant and North Africa turn the Mediterranean Sea into a barrier, instead of a bridge?	21
What did a "successful" Banzai charge look like? Are there many examples from the Sino-Japanese War?	20