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Did Churchill really "flirt with Islam"?

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After seizing Germany's gold reserves in 1945, what did the Allies do with it?

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Did crowd crushes sometimes happen in fascist Germany/Italy as hoards of people gathered and competed to see their fascist dictators speak?

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Was Spanish and Mexican control of California only "nominal?" I see a lot of people on reddit saying it only existed on paper.

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After 1453, did militaries ever make cannons that were the size of, or larger than, the ones used at Constantinople? Were all cannons small, and did they never make cannons that were the size of the ones in 1453?

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Did the romans/ Greeks consider the planets to BE their gods or did they name the planets after their gods?

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Is there any evidence to suggest the eye makeup popularised in the 1920’s was linked to ancient Egyptian archeological findings of art depicting eyeliner etc on the eyes discovered during/just prior to that period?

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Why did Elizabeth I put so much effort into stopping her cousin, Mary I and Mary's son James VI from claiming the English Crown if she never intended to name an heir?

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Why were catholics in Italy seemingly so nonchalant about their nation besieging and being at war with the head of their faith?

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Alfred the Great traveled to Rome from Wessex twice in his youth. Given the technology of the time, how long would this trip have taken?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Churchill really "flirt with Islam"?	85
After seizing Germany's gold reserves in 1945, what did the Allies do with it?	85
Did crowd crushes sometimes happen in fascist Germany/Italy as hoards of people gathered and competed to see their fascist dictators speak?	85
Was Spanish and Mexican control of California only "nominal?" I see a lot of people on reddit saying it only existed on paper.	84
After 1453, did militaries ever make cannons that were the size of, or larger than, the ones used at Constantinople? Were all cannons small, and did they never make cannons that were the size of the ones in 1453?	84
Did the romans/ Greeks consider the planets to BE their gods or did they name the planets after their gods?	84
Is there any evidence to suggest the eye makeup popularised in the 1920’s was linked to ancient Egyptian archeological findings of art depicting eyeliner etc on the eyes discovered during/just prior to that period?	84
Why did Elizabeth I put so much effort into stopping her cousin, Mary I and Mary's son James VI from claiming the English Crown if she never intended to name an heir?	84
Why were catholics in Italy seemingly so nonchalant about their nation besieging and being at war with the head of their faith?	84
Alfred the Great traveled to Rome from Wessex twice in his youth. Given the technology of the time, how long would this trip have taken?	84