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First Lady Ford "grabbed the press secretary, put her over her knee, and started spanking her. When she finished, [they] embraced, and everyone, the out-going President especially, was smiling." ... Why? What?

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Why was Saudi Arabia Able to Receive 50% of Oil Revenue from UK Companies, But When Iran Asked for the Same Deal, Their Government was Replaced after the UK Requested US Aid through a CIA Backed Coup?

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Why aren't Slavs Normally Counted as Victims of the Holocaust? Which Would Almost Triple the 6 Million Number?

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Where There Any Punishments on Aircraft Carriers after Aircraft and Hellicopters were Pushed Overboard to Make More Room for Vietnamese Emigres after the Fall of Saigon?

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Why was France's Population so Large (up to 20 Million?) through the Middle Ages, Compared to Elsewhere in Europe?

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Were the Nazis Going to Make a Museum of Judaism? If Not, Why did They Collect and Sort Documents in the Modern Day Jewish Museum of Prague?

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Were Large Stone Roman and Medieval Buildings Well Built, hence all those Standing Today, or Poorly Built and we Only See the Few that were Solidly Built?

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Why did the U.K. Recover so much Slower from WWII than Destroyed Countries like Germany - Rationing in the U.K. only Ending in the 50s?

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Why do Most Surviving Classical Greek Texts Come from Athens? Did Alexandrian Scholars Prize them More than. e.g. Syracusian Texts for Some Reason?

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As the Only Other Nuclear Power, what was Happening in the U.K. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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First Lady Ford "grabbed the press secretary, put her over her knee, and started spanking her. When she finished, [they] embraced, and everyone, the out-going President especially, was smiling." ... Why? What?	2285
Why was Saudi Arabia Able to Receive 50% of Oil Revenue from UK Companies, But When Iran Asked for the Same Deal, Their Government was Replaced after the UK Requested US Aid through a CIA Backed Coup?	1664
Why aren't Slavs Normally Counted as Victims of the Holocaust? Which Would Almost Triple the 6 Million Number?	467
Where There Any Punishments on Aircraft Carriers after Aircraft and Hellicopters were Pushed Overboard to Make More Room for Vietnamese Emigres after the Fall of Saigon?	425
Why was France's Population so Large (up to 20 Million?) through the Middle Ages, Compared to Elsewhere in Europe?	349
Were the Nazis Going to Make a Museum of Judaism? If Not, Why did They Collect and Sort Documents in the Modern Day Jewish Museum of Prague?	256
Were Large Stone Roman and Medieval Buildings Well Built, hence all those Standing Today, or Poorly Built and we Only See the Few that were Solidly Built?	227
Why did the U.K. Recover so much Slower from WWII than Destroyed Countries like Germany - Rationing in the U.K. only Ending in the 50s?	221
Why do Most Surviving Classical Greek Texts Come from Athens? Did Alexandrian Scholars Prize them More than. e.g. Syracusian Texts for Some Reason?	205
As the Only Other Nuclear Power, what was Happening in the U.K. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?	204