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Can anyone attempt to put the value and impact of foreign aid to the 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War into context?

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Did Ancient Greeks and Romans fear death less than we do today?

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Did the nonviolent protests of the civil rights era actually turn most Americans against segregation, or otherwise make them sympathetic to the African American cause?

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How cheap and available were music vinyl singles in the 1940s-1950s? When did multi-song albums take the lead, and how much more of a financial commitment were they? Did most people have record players and the resources to buy singles/albums?

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Plato seems to have used Socrates as a meat puppet to spout his theory of forms, perhaps in a bid to give it more legitimacy. Would his contemporaries have seen this as being in poor form, or a completely legitimate approach to introducing an idea?

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Were Lincoln's pantheistic or otherwise unorthodox religious/spiritual views a liability for him while seeking election as a senator or as a president?

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Can we quantify the effectiveness of past US Congresses and compare it to other time periods? How much has Congressional effectiveness varied over time?

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When did civilized society start using camouflage to fit in with their surroundings?

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When Athens restored its democracy after losing the Peloponnesian War and living through the bloody reign of the the Thirty Tyrants, they made some changes to their system of government. What were the aims of these changes? Did they work?

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Normans in Italy went on the attack Byzantium and seized its territory. Were most of their troops Norman or Italian conscripts? How "Norman," was their army?

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Can anyone attempt to put the value and impact of foreign aid to the 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War into context?	1
Did Ancient Greeks and Romans fear death less than we do today?	1
Did the nonviolent protests of the civil rights era actually turn most Americans against segregation, or otherwise make them sympathetic to the African American cause?	1
How cheap and available were music vinyl singles in the 1940s-1950s? When did multi-song albums take the lead, and how much more of a financial commitment were they? Did most people have record players and the resources to buy singles/albums?	1
Plato seems to have used Socrates as a meat puppet to spout his theory of forms, perhaps in a bid to give it more legitimacy. Would his contemporaries have seen this as being in poor form, or a completely legitimate approach to introducing an idea?	1
Were Lincoln's pantheistic or otherwise unorthodox religious/spiritual views a liability for him while seeking election as a senator or as a president?	1
Can we quantify the effectiveness of past US Congresses and compare it to other time periods? How much has Congressional effectiveness varied over time?	1
When did civilized society start using camouflage to fit in with their surroundings?	1
When Athens restored its democracy after losing the Peloponnesian War and living through the bloody reign of the the Thirty Tyrants, they made some changes to their system of government. What were the aims of these changes? Did they work?	1
Normans in Italy went on the attack Byzantium and seized its territory. Were most of their troops Norman or Italian conscripts? How "Norman," was their army?	1