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Did the Nazi party discourage parents from giving Semitic names to their children?

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How did wild peacocks become a fixature of suburban South Florida?

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Did embassies stay open in enemy countries during WW2? What happened to embassy personnel at the start of the war?

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Would the languages of the Gauls, Goths, and Celts sounded anything like modern-day French, German, and Gaelic?

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Would a medieval or ancient siege usually end with the wall being breached and the inhabitants being slaughtered, or the inhabitants surrendering due to hunger?

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Did Indonesian prime minister Wilopo have a first name?

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Why did the Pope never call a crusade for Iberia?

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Before 1450, what knowledge did West African rulers have of Europe?

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In Egil's Saga, the protagonist buries a horde of silver in the ground and then kills the slave who helped him bury it. Are there other examples of deliberately buried treasure in Europe or the Americas?

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The Romans had a concept of Asia and Europe as separate places. Was this a strictly geographical divide, or they believe in cultural differences between people in Europe and Asia?

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Did the Nazi party discourage parents from giving Semitic names to their children?	23
How did wild peacocks become a fixature of suburban South Florida?	23
Did embassies stay open in enemy countries during WW2? What happened to embassy personnel at the start of the war?	23
Would the languages of the Gauls, Goths, and Celts sounded anything like modern-day French, German, and Gaelic?	23
Would a medieval or ancient siege usually end with the wall being breached and the inhabitants being slaughtered, or the inhabitants surrendering due to hunger?	22
Did Indonesian prime minister Wilopo have a first name?	22
Why did the Pope never call a crusade for Iberia?	22
Before 1450, what knowledge did West African rulers have of Europe?	22
In Egil's Saga, the protagonist buries a horde of silver in the ground and then kills the slave who helped him bury it. Are there other examples of deliberately buried treasure in Europe or the Americas?	22
The Romans had a concept of Asia and Europe as separate places. Was this a strictly geographical divide, or they believe in cultural differences between people in Europe and Asia?	22