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At the Nuremberg Trials, Rudolf Hess and Hermann Goering met again for the first time since Hess's flight. How did this reunion go? Do we know if Goering confronted Hess?

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Why did the Romans/others not explore past the straights of Gibraltar? Why was this seen by the Europeans as the edge of the known world? Why didn't any European powers explore down the African coast until Portugal did?

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What is the deal with the odd borders of Germanic states?

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Why were the Belarussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR admitted to the UN in addition to the USSR, in 1951? Wouldn't that like Scotland or Croatia getting membership in addition to the UK and Yugoslavia?

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How did the initial Spanish explorers communicate with the native tribes?

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At the Nuremberg Trials, Rudolf Hess and Hermann Goering met again for the first time since Hess's flight. How did this reunion go? Do we know if Goering confronted Hess?	85
Why did the Romans/others not explore past the straights of Gibraltar? Why was this seen by the Europeans as the edge of the known world? Why didn't any European powers explore down the African coast until Portugal did?	18
What is the deal with the odd borders of Germanic states?	7
Why were the Belarussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR admitted to the UN in addition to the USSR, in 1951? Wouldn't that like Scotland or Croatia getting membership in addition to the UK and Yugoslavia?	6
How did the initial Spanish explorers communicate with the native tribes?	1