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If Jimmy Carter dies Trump will be the oldest living US president. Aside from Washington, has there ever been a time when the oldest US President has been the one currently serving?

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Was the location of the Prime Meridian through Greenwich a deliberate choice due the fact it would make the International Date Line go through a convenient amount of unoccupied area?

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How was land acquired for railways in Britain during the trail boom of the 1840s?

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How did desegregation is the US affect the profitability of black-owned businesses?

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Do we know how world leaders felt about the rule of Bokassa I of the Central African Empire?

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Are there any Presidential elections that we know would have had different results, had women not had the vote?

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Is it likely that there have been more British people, or more Australian people to have lived throughout history.

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Do we have any evidence of a Nazi concentration camp guard dying from falling out of a guard tower?

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How was land acquired for British railways in the railboom of the 1840s

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If Jimmy Carter dies Trump will be the oldest living US president. Aside from Washington, has there ever been a time when the oldest US President has been the one currently serving?	20
Was the location of the Prime Meridian through Greenwich a deliberate choice due the fact it would make the International Date Line go through a convenient amount of unoccupied area?	16
How was land acquired for railways in Britain during the trail boom of the 1840s?	6
How did desegregation is the US affect the profitability of black-owned businesses?	5
Do we know how world leaders felt about the rule of Bokassa I of the Central African Empire?	2
Are there any Presidential elections that we know would have had different results, had women not had the vote?	2
Is it likely that there have been more British people, or more Australian people to have lived throughout history.	1
Do we have any evidence of a Nazi concentration camp guard dying from falling out of a guard tower?	1
How was land acquired for British railways in the railboom of the 1840s	1