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Hugo Schmeisser (the designer of StG 44, the first assault rifle) has been "...interrogated for weeks by weapon expert teams of the American and British secret services". Do we know if he cooperated?

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When Britain began transporting criminals after 1717, how was it decided who got them as indentured labourers and did the government have to pay money to make people take the criminals or did they receive money in return for the cheap labourers?

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Other than Cincinnatus and Sulla, are there examples of a ruler gaining total power but giving it up voluntarily? Was Washington really offered to be made a king?

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Where double sided axes ever used in combat?

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What was life like for women (rich / poor) during the Florentine Renaissance?

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Could somebody please identify this old map symbol?

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What were the Native Americans opinion on the American Civil War?

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I'm a Native American in Mexico, under Spanish rule in the early 1600s. Is it worth it to appease the Spaniards and Christianize myself, adopt their customs, etc? Will it make my standard of living better or would they still treat me like shit?

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Adenauer claimed that German foreign office officials had urged the Western powers not to appease Hitler at the Munich conference. Is this claim true?

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In pre-modern warfare, how did two opposing armies manage to meet up and do battle?

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Hugo Schmeisser (the designer of StG 44, the first assault rifle) has been "...interrogated for weeks by weapon expert teams of the American and British secret services". Do we know if he cooperated?	7
When Britain began transporting criminals after 1717, how was it decided who got them as indentured labourers and did the government have to pay money to make people take the criminals or did they receive money in return for the cheap labourers?	7
Other than Cincinnatus and Sulla, are there examples of a ruler gaining total power but giving it up voluntarily? Was Washington really offered to be made a king?	7
Where double sided axes ever used in combat?	7
What was life like for women (rich / poor) during the Florentine Renaissance?	7
Could somebody please identify this old map symbol?	7
What were the Native Americans opinion on the American Civil War?	7
I'm a Native American in Mexico, under Spanish rule in the early 1600s. Is it worth it to appease the Spaniards and Christianize myself, adopt their customs, etc? Will it make my standard of living better or would they still treat me like shit?	7
Adenauer claimed that German foreign office officials had urged the Western powers not to appease Hitler at the Munich conference. Is this claim true?	7
In pre-modern warfare, how did two opposing armies manage to meet up and do battle?	7