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Who made up China's People's Volunteers Army in the Korean War? I've heard various stories, from it being actual volunteers to basically just the PLA, to former KMT soldiers being told to fight or else.

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In Chinese history, you often here of certain objects, like Imperial Seals or Tiger Tallies that invest their holders with authority. Did people actually care so much about who physically held the symbol of command, or am I missing something?

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Did Roman war chariots really determine the standard gauge of US railroad tracks?

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Lin Manuel Miranda's play, 'Hamilton', arguably greatly improved the public's perception of Alexander Hamilton. Are there any other works of fictions that rehabilitated historical figures? Is 'I, Claudius' an example?

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How much of an effect did canning have on military logistics in the Napoleonic wars and immediately after?

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What was the scale of the Babylonian Captivity?

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Did GIs returning from Italy after WWII help popularize pizza in the United States?

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Is it true that pizza was invented by Italian immigrants in New York, rather than in Italy?

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When (and where) did weaving go from being something women did to something men did?

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Was Sparta an oligarchy because the import decisions were made by a small subset of the full citizen body, or because it's full citizen body was a small subset of the overall population of the overall population of Laconia?

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Who made up China's People's Volunteers Army in the Korean War? I've heard various stories, from it being actual volunteers to basically just the PLA, to former KMT soldiers being told to fight or else.	1
In Chinese history, you often here of certain objects, like Imperial Seals or Tiger Tallies that invest their holders with authority. Did people actually care so much about who physically held the symbol of command, or am I missing something?	1
Did Roman war chariots really determine the standard gauge of US railroad tracks?	1
Lin Manuel Miranda's play, 'Hamilton', arguably greatly improved the public's perception of Alexander Hamilton. Are there any other works of fictions that rehabilitated historical figures? Is 'I, Claudius' an example?	1
How much of an effect did canning have on military logistics in the Napoleonic wars and immediately after?	1
What was the scale of the Babylonian Captivity?	1
Did GIs returning from Italy after WWII help popularize pizza in the United States?	1
Is it true that pizza was invented by Italian immigrants in New York, rather than in Italy?	0
When (and where) did weaving go from being something women did to something men did?	0
Was Sparta an oligarchy because the import decisions were made by a small subset of the full citizen body, or because it's full citizen body was a small subset of the overall population of the overall population of Laconia?	0