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How much truth is there in the "legend" that the Ottoman Sultan in 1845 intended to send £10,000 to the Ireland during the potato famine, but only sent £1000 so as not to send any more than Queen Victoria (who sent only £2000)?

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How did the Japanese manage to advance technologically so much in the past 60-70 years after having many major cities flattened by US air raids in the Second World War?

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Was there ever a time in Feudal Europe where a monarch's first born male had a male twin? If so, who was declared the heir to the realm?

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How much truth is there in the "legend" that the Ottoman Sultan in 1845 intended to send £10,000 to the Ireland during the potato famine, but only sent £1000 so as not to send any more than Queen Victoria (who sent only £2000)?	251
How did the Japanese manage to advance technologically so much in the past 60-70 years after having many major cities flattened by US air raids in the Second World War?	9
Was there ever a time in Feudal Europe where a monarch's first born male had a male twin? If so, who was declared the heir to the realm?	7