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What's the farthest back anyone's lineage has been (fairly concretely) traced?

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Plato was the star student of Socrates, and Aristotle the star student of Plato. Did Aristotle have a "star pupil" as his predecessors did?

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In 1960, Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad and brought back to Israel to face trial for his crimes. Why was he brought to Israel, and not Germany where the Nuremberg Trial had taken place and where the majority of his crimes were committed?

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Is there any recorded cases of foot soldiers who served in Napoleon’s Army of Italy in the 1796 campaign having fought with Napoleon until Waterloo?

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In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his gang of “Merry Pranksters” took a bus trip across the United States, filming and writing about their adventures. How well documented was this trip at the time? Was it covered in the news?

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How familiar with the story of Jamestown was the average 19th century American? Would they have known of John Smith, Pocahontas, and the struggles the settlers faced?

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What was the reaction of the Parthian empire when Hadrian withdrew the legions from Mesopotamia following the death of Trajan? Did they simply reoccupy the outposts that had been captured? Did they wonder why Hadrian had made such an unusual decision?

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Why doesn't Gavrilo Princip & The Black Hand get as much blame for igniting WW1 as the Nazis do for starting WW2?

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What's the farthest back anyone's lineage has been (fairly concretely) traced?	217
Plato was the star student of Socrates, and Aristotle the star student of Plato. Did Aristotle have a "star pupil" as his predecessors did?	9
In 1960, Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad and brought back to Israel to face trial for his crimes. Why was he brought to Israel, and not Germany where the Nuremberg Trial had taken place and where the majority of his crimes were committed?	7
Is there any recorded cases of foot soldiers who served in Napoleon’s Army of Italy in the 1796 campaign having fought with Napoleon until Waterloo?	5
In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his gang of “Merry Pranksters” took a bus trip across the United States, filming and writing about their adventures. How well documented was this trip at the time? Was it covered in the news?	4
How familiar with the story of Jamestown was the average 19th century American? Would they have known of John Smith, Pocahontas, and the struggles the settlers faced?	1
What was the reaction of the Parthian empire when Hadrian withdrew the legions from Mesopotamia following the death of Trajan? Did they simply reoccupy the outposts that had been captured? Did they wonder why Hadrian had made such an unusual decision?	1
Why doesn't Gavrilo Princip & The Black Hand get as much blame for igniting WW1 as the Nazis do for starting WW2?	0