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Why was the color red so associated with communism?

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In a game I played recently, there is mention of old dictionaries putting in false words, so they could tell if other companies simply copied the entire dictionary. Did any of these false words ever use because people read the dictionary and thought they were real?

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I was rewatching "Hamilton" recently, and in the King's finals song, he seems to be incredulous that George Washington stepped away from the presidency, and that John Adams was taking over. What was the international reaction to George Washington giving up power?

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Alexander the Great founded dozens of cities and towns over his life. How was a town just "founded?"

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Why were Armies of the early 1900's so much bigger than today's, and how were they paid, equipped and fed?

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By the 15-16th century, rice was known to, and cultivated by, Europeans. Did they ever develop any forms of Rice Wine/Sake, or was rice just used as a foodstuff?

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How did Soviet Deep Operations work in practice on the battlefield and how did this differ from the theory?

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In the second world war, why did the US not use any "Heavy" Tanks?

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About how much would it cost to arm and armor a Byzantine Limitanei in the 4th century?

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I'm a Soviet civilian in 1941 Moscow, how likely is it that I know about some of the major Soviet defeats of Operation Barbarossa, Minsk, Smolensk, Kiev etc.

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Why was the color red so associated with communism?	1233
In a game I played recently, there is mention of old dictionaries putting in false words, so they could tell if other companies simply copied the entire dictionary. Did any of these false words ever use because people read the dictionary and thought they were real?	602
I was rewatching "Hamilton" recently, and in the King's finals song, he seems to be incredulous that George Washington stepped away from the presidency, and that John Adams was taking over. What was the international reaction to George Washington giving up power?	170
Alexander the Great founded dozens of cities and towns over his life. How was a town just "founded?"	92
Why were Armies of the early 1900's so much bigger than today's, and how were they paid, equipped and fed?	33
By the 15-16th century, rice was known to, and cultivated by, Europeans. Did they ever develop any forms of Rice Wine/Sake, or was rice just used as a foodstuff?	18
How did Soviet Deep Operations work in practice on the battlefield and how did this differ from the theory?	10
In the second world war, why did the US not use any "Heavy" Tanks?	10
About how much would it cost to arm and armor a Byzantine Limitanei in the 4th century?	9
I'm a Soviet civilian in 1941 Moscow, how likely is it that I know about some of the major Soviet defeats of Operation Barbarossa, Minsk, Smolensk, Kiev etc.	6