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In the movie Mulan, Mulan's dad is supposed to be inscripted into the army despite having an obvious disability from a previous military combat. Would the Chinese army have specialized use for men of military age that were not physically in fighting shape?

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With numerous food delivery services becoming popular rather recently, why was pizza the stand alone fast food with industry standard delivery services throughout the past few decades?

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If the Sahara was tropical around 6,000 years ago? Is there any evidence of early human settlement there? If not, is there at least scholarly discussion about potential idea of human settlement there?

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In Kevin Peraino's book, A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, he quotes Winston Churchill saying, “Hong Kong will be eliminated from the British Empire only over my dead body.” How well prepared were the British to repel an attack by the PLA in 1949?

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How willing was the British Empire to defend Hong Kong in the face of the Communist Revolution?

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What was done with the dead bodies after many of the battles in the US Civil War?

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In the movie Mulan, Mulan's dad is supposed to be inscripted into the army despite having an obvious disability from a previous military combat. Would the Chinese army have specialized use for men of military age that were not physically in fighting shape?	2939
With numerous food delivery services becoming popular rather recently, why was pizza the stand alone fast food with industry standard delivery services throughout the past few decades?	401
If the Sahara was tropical around 6,000 years ago? Is there any evidence of early human settlement there? If not, is there at least scholarly discussion about potential idea of human settlement there?	19
In Kevin Peraino's book, A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, he quotes Winston Churchill saying, “Hong Kong will be eliminated from the British Empire only over my dead body.” How well prepared were the British to repel an attack by the PLA in 1949?	7
How willing was the British Empire to defend Hong Kong in the face of the Communist Revolution?	2
What was done with the dead bodies after many of the battles in the US Civil War?	0