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Was there ever a proposal or an attempt to find the southern passage? A direct route from Britain to Australia over the pole, instead of crossing the indian or pacific ocean?

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How far east could the Soviets retreat?

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How many American and Soviet spy aircraft were shot down during the cold war?

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How did England go from requiring everyone learn archery, to today, restricting ownership most personal weapons?

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Why did the allies not use their superior navy to bombard every german occupied coastal city?

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Has there ever been a large population of peoples Indigenous to the Americas, who have survived outside of the Americas?

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I have learned recently that most bayoneted charges resulted in not a ad hoc spear fight, but the defending side usually just running away. If this is so, then how did armies before gunpowder ever get the nerve to get up close and hack at each other?

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Did European colonial powers place their best military forces in Europe or in their colonies.

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When did europeans stop identifying themselves by their tribe?

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The island of Niihau had been privately owned since 1864, and closed to outsiders since 1915. How did two Japanese immigrants come to live their during the Niihau incident in 1941?

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Was there ever a proposal or an attempt to find the southern passage? A direct route from Britain to Australia over the pole, instead of crossing the indian or pacific ocean?	9
How far east could the Soviets retreat?	8
How many American and Soviet spy aircraft were shot down during the cold war?	7
How did England go from requiring everyone learn archery, to today, restricting ownership most personal weapons?	6
Why did the allies not use their superior navy to bombard every german occupied coastal city?	6
Has there ever been a large population of peoples Indigenous to the Americas, who have survived outside of the Americas?	5
I have learned recently that most bayoneted charges resulted in not a ad hoc spear fight, but the defending side usually just running away. If this is so, then how did armies before gunpowder ever get the nerve to get up close and hack at each other?	5
Did European colonial powers place their best military forces in Europe or in their colonies.	4
When did europeans stop identifying themselves by their tribe?	3
The island of Niihau had been privately owned since 1864, and closed to outsiders since 1915. How did two Japanese immigrants come to live their during the Niihau incident in 1941?	3