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Is there consensus on how Herman Göring obtained the cyanide capsule prior to his execution? Did any of the guards hold sympathy for the prisoners and gave it to him?

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How did the U.S. respond to the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979?

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I recall hearing there's a theory that the Viking attack on Lindisfarne was an act of revenge for the cutting of a sacred (pagan) oak in northern Germany. Is this true? If so, the Vikings must have sent scouts to Lindisfarne prior to the attack. Did they do this before raiding monasteries?

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How did potatoes, originally from the Andean region, became such a staple of Eastern European cuisine?

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How much was the Red Army integrated, ethnically speaking? Say, would a native Kyrgyz serve in the same platoon as a native Latvian?

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During the Pre-Classic and Classic Maya periods, was there a lingua franca among the different city-states/kingdoms? Or did they all have the same language?

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Did such intense, large scale fighting really take place just hours before the Korean War Armistice went into effect as is depicted in the movie The Front Line?

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How did Honduras skip a civil war while every single one of its neighbors were embroiled in one for decades during the mid 20th century?

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Why were blowguns not universally developed by civilizations/cultures like bows and spears? Aren't blowguns even simpler weapons than bow and arrows?

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Is there consensus on how Herman Göring obtained the cyanide capsule prior to his execution? Did any of the guards hold sympathy for the prisoners and gave it to him?	278
How did the U.S. respond to the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979?	46
I recall hearing there's a theory that the Viking attack on Lindisfarne was an act of revenge for the cutting of a sacred (pagan) oak in northern Germany. Is this true? If so, the Vikings must have sent scouts to Lindisfarne prior to the attack. Did they do this before raiding monasteries?	28
How did potatoes, originally from the Andean region, became such a staple of Eastern European cuisine?	14
How much was the Red Army integrated, ethnically speaking? Say, would a native Kyrgyz serve in the same platoon as a native Latvian?	14
During the Pre-Classic and Classic Maya periods, was there a lingua franca among the different city-states/kingdoms? Or did they all have the same language?	8
Did such intense, large scale fighting really take place just hours before the Korean War Armistice went into effect as is depicted in the movie The Front Line?	8
How did Honduras skip a civil war while every single one of its neighbors were embroiled in one for decades during the mid 20th century?	7
Why were blowguns not universally developed by civilizations/cultures like bows and spears? Aren't blowguns even simpler weapons than bow and arrows?	5