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Did the OSS in WWII have any particularly big victories?

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How did the French retain the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon after losing the rest of Canada?

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There's a lot of questions about PTSD among pre-modern soldiers, but how did societies in your field handle and help women, children or civilians who developed PTSD like symptoms? What was there for them?

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Did the Ancient Greeks ever blame Aristotle for Alexander the Greats conquering spree? Especially that part of it that was directed against Greece?

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How extensive were medieval sub-Saharan trade routes? What were common navigation methods?

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When and why did America drop the "U" from so many English words, and why did Canada tend to keep it?

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What were relations like between the Mughal empire and its neighbors, particularly Persia/Iran and the Central Asian states?

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What kind of story telling culture or tradition is Gawain and the Green Knight coming from? How does it mesh with other chivalry stories or folk tales?

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What was the relationship between China and Taiwan during the Three Kingdoms Era?

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Where did the trope of people slipping on banana peels come from? Was there just a plague of old banana peels thrown everywhere at some point making this common?

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Did the OSS in WWII have any particularly big victories?	30
How did the French retain the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon after losing the rest of Canada?	29
There's a lot of questions about PTSD among pre-modern soldiers, but how did societies in your field handle and help women, children or civilians who developed PTSD like symptoms? What was there for them?	29
Did the Ancient Greeks ever blame Aristotle for Alexander the Greats conquering spree? Especially that part of it that was directed against Greece?	27
How extensive were medieval sub-Saharan trade routes? What were common navigation methods?	26
When and why did America drop the "U" from so many English words, and why did Canada tend to keep it?	26
What were relations like between the Mughal empire and its neighbors, particularly Persia/Iran and the Central Asian states?	25
What kind of story telling culture or tradition is Gawain and the Green Knight coming from? How does it mesh with other chivalry stories or folk tales?	25
What was the relationship between China and Taiwan during the Three Kingdoms Era?	24
Where did the trope of people slipping on banana peels come from? Was there just a plague of old banana peels thrown everywhere at some point making this common?	24