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I'm confused as to how Eratosthenes was able to calculate the circumference of the Earth

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How come there have been very large Chinese communities in Southeast Asia for centuries, but there haven't been very large communities of Southeast Asian peoples in China?

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Why is Norway a monarchy (and not a republic)?

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Was there any racism in Hannibal's multiethnic army?

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What is the "method" of historians?

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Gladiatorial questions

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I was having a discussion with my friends about the validity of torture as a means of extracting information and thwarting terrorist attacks. In the past few decades have waterboarding and other extraction means ever actually prevented any terrorist attacks?

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Were saunas as instrumental to the operations and planning in organized crime as they are in the movies?

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What was the reaction of the global Jewish Community to Mel Brooks' The Producers

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I'm confused as to how Eratosthenes was able to calculate the circumference of the Earth	8
How come there have been very large Chinese communities in Southeast Asia for centuries, but there haven't been very large communities of Southeast Asian peoples in China?	8
Why is Norway a monarchy (and not a republic)?	8
Was there any racism in Hannibal's multiethnic army?	8
[deleted by user]	8
What is the "method" of historians?	8
Gladiatorial questions	8
I was having a discussion with my friends about the validity of torture as a means of extracting information and thwarting terrorist attacks. In the past few decades have waterboarding and other extraction means ever actually prevented any terrorist attacks?	8
Were saunas as instrumental to the operations and planning in organized crime as they are in the movies?	8
What was the reaction of the global Jewish Community to Mel Brooks' The Producers	8