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I am a healthy German man in 1939, work in a non-essential position and I really don't wanna go fight in this war. Is there any way I can spend the years until 1945 dodging draft?

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"I found Rome built of brick and left her clothed in marble". Augustus seems to have been proud of his building program, but did any of it serve an 'actual' purpose, or was it just lavish spending to get the common people on his side?

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What is the popular perception of Roman history like in East Asia?

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What are some instance in history where the lower classes actually "ate the rich"?

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How did George Washington feel about the capital being named after him?

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Why was prohibition an amendment, and not a law?

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Did the Orthodox Church ever call crusades of its own, especially following the Northern Crusades and the sacking of Constantinople?

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Americans reaction to the Jefferson bible

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How did Xiang Yu and his Chu army manage to kill 200,000 out of 560,000 soldiers of the Han army with only 30,000 soldiers?

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It seems like many Roman Ceasars died without male child heirs. Ceasar, Augustus, the first four of the five good emperors, etc. Was this common for Roman aristrocrats or was them being without male children part of the reason they were selected?

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I am a healthy German man in 1939, work in a non-essential position and I really don't wanna go fight in this war. Is there any way I can spend the years until 1945 dodging draft?	87
"I found Rome built of brick and left her clothed in marble". Augustus seems to have been proud of his building program, but did any of it serve an 'actual' purpose, or was it just lavish spending to get the common people on his side?	87
What is the popular perception of Roman history like in East Asia?	87
What are some instance in history where the lower classes actually "ate the rich"?	87
How did George Washington feel about the capital being named after him?	87
Why was prohibition an amendment, and not a law?	87
Did the Orthodox Church ever call crusades of its own, especially following the Northern Crusades and the sacking of Constantinople?	87
Americans reaction to the Jefferson bible	87
How did Xiang Yu and his Chu army manage to kill 200,000 out of 560,000 soldiers of the Han army with only 30,000 soldiers?	87
It seems like many Roman Ceasars died without male child heirs. Ceasar, Augustus, the first four of the five good emperors, etc. Was this common for Roman aristrocrats or was them being without male children part of the reason they were selected?	87