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What is the history behind the presidential pardoning of turkeys in the USA?

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How did East Timorese unity come about in the struggle for independence from Indonesia despite being an artificial construct by Portugal?

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Who was the last person or people that could claim lineage, with absolute proof and certainty, to an important historical figure of the Roman Republic or Ancient Greek city-states?

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Why did the iraqi army perform so poorly during the gulf wars?

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How exactly were polish people that didn't want to leave the Ukraine coerced to do so?

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Why does Calvin Coolidge's Presidency get ranked so low by historians?

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The importance of the number 10,000 is thought to have begun with the unification of China under Qin Shi Huangdi. Why did the cultural significance of the number spread and not just stay in China?

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To what extent was the corruption of delphic oracle? How was bribery of the Oracle viewed?

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Bill Wurtz's famous words go as follows : "China is whole again, then it broke again". Why did it not happen with Rome as well? Why was there no attempt to re-stitch the empire or create a new Roman empire that spread from Europe, Middle-East to North Africa?

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What is the history behind the presidential pardoning of turkeys in the USA?	8
[deleted by user]	8
How did East Timorese unity come about in the struggle for independence from Indonesia despite being an artificial construct by Portugal?	8
Who was the last person or people that could claim lineage, with absolute proof and certainty, to an important historical figure of the Roman Republic or Ancient Greek city-states?	8
Why did the iraqi army perform so poorly during the gulf wars?	8
How exactly were polish people that didn't want to leave the Ukraine coerced to do so?	8
Why does Calvin Coolidge's Presidency get ranked so low by historians?	8
The importance of the number 10,000 is thought to have begun with the unification of China under Qin Shi Huangdi. Why did the cultural significance of the number spread and not just stay in China?	8
To what extent was the corruption of delphic oracle? How was bribery of the Oracle viewed?	8
Bill Wurtz's famous words go as follows : "China is whole again, then it broke again". Why did it not happen with Rome as well? Why was there no attempt to re-stitch the empire or create a new Roman empire that spread from Europe, Middle-East to North Africa?	8