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In "Oslo", the Palestinian finance minister claims to have never met an Israeli face to face. Could this possibly be true? Were Palestinians so segregated from the Israelis that a Palestinian could have gone their whole lives without meeting an Israeli?
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The Palace of Knossos was rebuilt in 1922. How much of it is a work of fantasy, and how much is a historically accurate depiction?
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Is "revolution" an accurate description of what the 13 colonies did? Wasn't it — compared to the French Revolution or the Chinese Communist Revolution — more of an incremental step-up?
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Does New York City owe its position as a global economic and cultural powerhouse and the US's largest city to the Hudson River? What role did access to the Hudson have in its development?
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Texas granted settlers between 4605 and 640 acres for free, depending on when they arrived. A family couldn't work this much land by themselves and there was little extra labor to hire. So did most buy slaves to work their grants? Or was it expected that they'd sell the rest?
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US Union troopers marched to battle singing Battle Hymn of the Republic, featuring a wrathful warrior god who'd taken side with the Union and was intent on wreaking vengeance against Confederate slavers. Was this the last era in which US war songs featured god actively taking sides like this?
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How big of a problem were human parasites in the civilization you specialize in? Was the average person's life cut short by them? Were they stunted by parasites? Did they have any effective ways of dealing with them?
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