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What, if any, vestiges of the Roman Empire endure until present day within the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church?

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During the American Civil War, what effect did the war have on the ongoing Indian Wars?

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I’m reading a book about the American Revolution, and it says miners and sappers were allowed no quarter by the British and would be killed. Why did rules of war in the 1780s allow such harsh treatment of enemy military engineers?

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What effects did 9/11 have on La Cosa Nostra in the United States?

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I once heard a theory that many Americans are afraid of nuclear power because of “The Simpsons”, where town idiot Homer Simpson is the safety inspector in a nuclear plant seemingly always on the verge of meltdown. Is there any historical/sociological evidence to support this?

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What, if any, vestiges of the Roman Empire endure until present day within the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church?	3
During the American Civil War, what effect did the war have on the ongoing Indian Wars?	2
I’m reading a book about the American Revolution, and it says miners and sappers were allowed no quarter by the British and would be killed. Why did rules of war in the 1780s allow such harsh treatment of enemy military engineers?	1
What effects did 9/11 have on La Cosa Nostra in the United States?	0
I once heard a theory that many Americans are afraid of nuclear power because of “The Simpsons”, where town idiot Homer Simpson is the safety inspector in a nuclear plant seemingly always on the verge of meltdown. Is there any historical/sociological evidence to support this?	0