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What was the Japanese reaction to the Doolittle raid and did they know how the US pulled it off?

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Why did the San Francisco Bay area have so many military installations closed compared to other areas on the west coast?

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Why did facial hair fall out of favor among United States Presidents?

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Why did Nikita Khrushchev want to visit Disneyland so badly on his US tour in 1959?

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How did classical composers such as Motzart get paid? Were they given royalties for their works performed elsewhere?

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When did the tradition of US Presidents signing bills with multiple pens start?

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How many treaties did the United States break with the Native Americans? And why did they keep agreeing to them?

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What was the reaction of younger people in the 1930's to social security and is there a similarity to how some older people now are resentful of Obamacare?

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Why was Morocco the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation?

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After the Berlin Wall fell what was the role of US and West German Military/Intelligence/CIA in securing East German military technologies or did the Soviets pull them out before they could be examined?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the Japanese reaction to the Doolittle raid and did they know how the US pulled it off?	213
Why did the San Francisco Bay area have so many military installations closed compared to other areas on the west coast?	108
Why did facial hair fall out of favor among United States Presidents?	101
Why did Nikita Khrushchev want to visit Disneyland so badly on his US tour in 1959?	94
How did classical composers such as Motzart get paid? Were they given royalties for their works performed elsewhere?	86
When did the tradition of US Presidents signing bills with multiple pens start?	69
How many treaties did the United States break with the Native Americans? And why did they keep agreeing to them?	38
What was the reaction of younger people in the 1930's to social security and is there a similarity to how some older people now are resentful of Obamacare?	29
Why was Morocco the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation?	24
After the Berlin Wall fell what was the role of US and West German Military/Intelligence/CIA in securing East German military technologies or did the Soviets pull them out before they could be examined?	21