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Prior to widespread access to clean water, was everyone just constantly hungover or drunk?

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How/When did Russians become stereotyped as a tough, hard, cold people?

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In Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," Philip Lombard was a mercenary operating in East Africa. What was going on in East Africa in the 1930s and what was the whole mercenary situation there?

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Why did Richard Nixon's have a fanatical hatered of India? He literally wanted India to have a mass famine and called the then Indian prime minister a bitch

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Did People in the antiquity had a concept about healthy, and unhealthy foods?

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Where do historians draw the line between a entity being an "empire" and "not empire"?

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How badly did the infamous tank photo hurt the 1988 Michael Dukakis campaign?

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How aggressive were American soldiers during the Revolutionary War?

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Were George Washington's decisions to defer power to the other branches of Government a conscious choice to set precedents limiting the power of the executive branch or a result of his being worn out from the American revolution?

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Why do so many countries fly red white and blue flags? When did these colors come to mean something and why?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Prior to widespread access to clean water, was everyone just constantly hungover or drunk?	80
How/When did Russians become stereotyped as a tough, hard, cold people?	80
In Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," Philip Lombard was a mercenary operating in East Africa. What was going on in East Africa in the 1930s and what was the whole mercenary situation there?	80
Why did Richard Nixon's have a fanatical hatered of India? He literally wanted India to have a mass famine and called the then Indian prime minister a bitch	80
Did People in the antiquity had a concept about healthy, and unhealthy foods?	80
Where do historians draw the line between a entity being an "empire" and "not empire"?	80
How badly did the infamous tank photo hurt the 1988 Michael Dukakis campaign?	80
How aggressive were American soldiers during the Revolutionary War?	80
Were George Washington's decisions to defer power to the other branches of Government a conscious choice to set precedents limiting the power of the executive branch or a result of his being worn out from the American revolution?	80
Why do so many countries fly red white and blue flags? When did these colors come to mean something and why?	80